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The $4-a-month app, which launched in January, was an attempt to reach readers outside the U.K. and find a new revenue stream outside The Times’ usual strict paywall.
Tamedia’s 12-App collects the 12 best stories each day from the company’s 20-plus publications.
The papers are behind a hard paywall, and their platforms will be updated four times each day to correspond with peaks in readership.
“Video is one of the highest priorities we have. We wanted to make it front and center.”
“The Economist has taken the view that advertising is nice, and we’ll certainly take money where we can get it, but we’re pretty much expecting it to go away.”
Now that news companies are getting comfortable with the idea of charging digital customers, the question becomes: How much? Here are nine things we’ve learned from early experiments.
Tablet aggregators are facing a battle for mindshare among news consumers. Which ones have a chance to end up on top, and can they pull people away from single-brand apps?
Plus: keys to sustainability for nonprofit news, an auspicious start for Apple Newsstand, and all the rest of this week’s required reading.
June 16, 2011
January 6, 2011