News Corp’s acquisition of the Skiff e-reader platform has been widely reported in the last few hours. It’s a completely sensible move from an organisation which understands that it has to control every part of the news chain if it is to extract as much value as possible from content, advertising, and user data. Of course we’ve been here before
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Free does not mean that content has no value, but when the very sustenance of the entity producing that content is in danger, the concept of “free” begins to edge closer to devaluing content. But even if content online has been free for so long, if it is captured back and tightly shut under a pay wall, does it become
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These questions were submitted to me in advance of the next AOP meeting, on ‘Microlocal Media’, and have been published on the AOP site. As usual, I’m republishing here as part of my FAQ series. Q. How can publishers compete with zero-cost base community developed and run sites? They can’t – and they shouldn’t. When it comes to the web,
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