We keep an eye out for the most interesting stories about Labby subjects: digital media, startups, the web, journalism, strategy, and more. Here’s some of what we’ve seen lately.
“Then came the internet. Mr. MacArthur told the staff in the early aughts that the new technology ‘wasn’t much more than a gigantic Xerox machine.’ While his rivals innovated and experimented, he simply turned the nose of the plane directly toward the earth, putting the magazine behind a hard paywall in 2003 and doing nothing to market digital subscriptions.” —
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