The web, everyday life and the future of media
A lot of the most reliable data on web use and social media comes from the World Internet Project. Most of the findings from the project derive from rigorous quantitative research, and unlike a lot of what purports to be [...]
What if the paywall works?
At New Matilda, Jason Wilson takes on the prevailing wisdom about the News Limited paywall plans: The notion that News Corp’s proposed paywall “won’t work” is in danger of becoming common sense. The problem with this is that, on the [...]
Will anyone pay for online news?
There’s an interesting take in Australian Policy Online from my QUT Creative Industries Faculty colleague, Terry Flew, on the whole question of business models for online news, which has had quite the airing of late. My own view is that [...]
Rudd vs. The Australian
Some time ago, I made some observations on the significance of Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard’s attacks on various News Limited papers, and on The Australian. The thrust of that commentary was that – the immediate antecedents of the stoush [...]
Punched out II
There’s been an excellent discussion on a previous thread here by Phil about News Limited’s new online venture The Punch. To add to the reflections on that thread, it’s worth discussing what The Punch says about the future of big [...]
The National Times
By Mark Bahnisch on September 14, 2009
Fairfax has revived an old masthead for its new opinion site. In some ways, that’s probably the most interesting aspect of the launch – those who remember the old National Times might well also recall the days when genuinely hard [...]
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