Comments for SteveOuting.com http://steveouting.com Journalist, consultant, entrepreneur ... Musings on digital media, Web 2.0/3.0, & news in the Internet era Sun, 03 Mar 2013 21:51:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Comment on Staff responses belong in comment threads by Look at the comments, stupid « Christopher Wink http://steveouting.com/2008/11/06/staff-responses-belong-in-comment-threads/comment-page-1/#comment-382805 Look at the comments, stupid « Christopher Wink Sun, 03 Mar 2013 21:51:59 +0000 http://steveouting.com/?p=591#comment-382805 [...] This is a generational thing, few argue that. But if a newspaper has young, interested staff, why aren’t they encouraged to engage readers more. [...] [...] This is a generational thing, few argue that. But if a newspaper has young, interested staff, why aren’t they encouraged to engage readers more. [...]

]]> Comment on Do newspapers have 6 more months? by Infoservi.it | Cultura, Società e Ricerca su Tecnologia, Media, Internet. http://steveouting.com/2008/11/15/do-newspapers-have-6-more-months/comment-page-2/#comment-375177 Infoservi.it | Cultura, Società e Ricerca su Tecnologia, Media, Internet. Sun, 17 Feb 2013 21:32:18 +0000 http://steveouting.com/?p=603#comment-375177 [...] Do newspapers have 6 more months?: SteveOuting.com [...] [...] Do newspapers have 6 more months?: SteveOuting.com [...]

]]> Comment on Climate Change: Get Over Objectivity, Newspapers by Climate change: the topic that brings more criticism than any other to environmental journalists | Dissect The News http://steveouting.com/my-stuff/climate-change-get-over-objectivity-newspapers/comment-page-1/#comment-270601 Climate change: the topic that brings more criticism than any other to environmental journalists | Dissect The News Tue, 27 Nov 2012 03:22:34 +0000 http://growingyournewswebsite.com/my-stuff/climate-change-get-over-objectivity-newspapers/#comment-270601 [...] why some, like journalism critic Steve Outing, are urging journalists to adopt more advocacy-oriented reporting on this [...] [...] why some, like journalism critic Steve Outing, are urging journalists to adopt more advocacy-oriented reporting on this [...]

]]> Comment on O’Reilly may be an idiot, but his team gets membership concept by Niche news site membership model perspective brought back to life from 2009 « Christopher Wink http://steveouting.com/2009/09/07/oreilly-may-be-an-idiot-but-his-team-gets-membership-concept/comment-page-1/#comment-259133 Niche news site membership model perspective brought back to life from 2009 « Christopher Wink Mon, 30 Jul 2012 13:31:16 +0000 http://steveouting.com/?p=725#comment-259133 [...] Offer additional access, basics goods, and ultimately, the feeling of being a part of an exclusive group that supports a community for a membership, as Steve Outing wrote then. [...] [...] Offer additional access, basics goods, and ultimately, the feeling of being a part of an exclusive group that supports a community for a membership, as Steve Outing wrote then. [...]

]]> Comment on 10, 15 free web articles a month: Is this a mistake? (Yes!) by Stephen http://steveouting.com/2012/06/23/10-15-free-web-articles-a-month/comment-page-1/#comment-254868 Stephen Thu, 19 Jul 2012 07:00:34 +0000 http://steveouting.com/?p=2111#comment-254868 The Guardian has 60M unique visitors per month and did all of 23M dollars in revenue last year. And losing 10% of print users per year, while the NYT and WSJ are growing segments of print. Metered model, Paywall, shut down your website, put a gun in your mouth- anything is better than the way it is now with free content. The Guardian has 60M unique visitors per month and did all of 23M dollars in revenue last year. And losing 10% of print users per year, while the NYT and WSJ are growing segments of print. Metered model, Paywall, shut down your website, put a gun in your mouth- anything is better than the way it is now with free content.

]]> Comment on 10, 15 free web articles a month: Is this a mistake? (Yes!) by Whitney Braunstein http://steveouting.com/2012/06/23/10-15-free-web-articles-a-month/comment-page-1/#comment-253106 Whitney Braunstein Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:41:50 +0000 http://steveouting.com/?p=2111#comment-253106 It good to see people proposing new business models. What if it were more dynamic, so that whenever someone came to the site, there would be 3-5 free articles and they could shift throughout the day? I like the idea of giving the editors a say in what's highlighted. If it were automated according most emailed or most read, etc, there also wouldn't be much of a draw for passers-by to purchase content, because the most popular would always be free. Another models would be pay-per-article. Then people could just buy what they want - and that would cover Nicole's idea of just purchasing content from one section or one contributor. (Disclaimer: I work at a startup that makes paywall software and a la carte article sales.) It good to see people proposing new business models. What if it were more dynamic, so that whenever someone came to the site, there would be 3-5 free articles and they could shift throughout the day?

I like the idea of giving the editors a say in what’s highlighted. If it were automated according most emailed or most read, etc, there also wouldn’t be much of a draw for passers-by to purchase content, because the most popular would always be free.

Another models would be pay-per-article. Then people could just buy what they want – and that would cover Nicole’s idea of just purchasing content from one section or one contributor. (Disclaimer: I work at a startup that makes paywall software and a la carte article sales.)

]]> Comment on 10, 15 free web articles a month: Is this a mistake? (Yes!) by Nicole http://steveouting.com/2012/06/23/10-15-free-web-articles-a-month/comment-page-1/#comment-251094 Nicole Thu, 05 Jul 2012 17:37:53 +0000 http://steveouting.com/?p=2111#comment-251094 Hi, I would like to buy a subscription to a specific columnist or a specific part of the newspaper like the living section as opposed to paying for the top 10 or the whole newspaper as most of it doesn't interest me. I think cable TV should be the same - pick and choose the channels you want to watch instead of their bundles. Hi, I would like to buy a subscription to a specific columnist or a specific part of the newspaper like the living section as opposed to paying for the top 10 or the whole newspaper as most of it doesn’t interest me. I think cable TV should be the same – pick and choose the channels you want to watch instead of their bundles.

]]> Comment on Carnival talk: News sources? We’ve got your sources! by Morgan http://steveouting.com/2011/02/16/carnival-talk-news-sources-weve-got-your-sources/comment-page-1/#comment-250447 Morgan Tue, 03 Jul 2012 15:04:57 +0000 http://steveouting.com/?p=1868#comment-250447 Nice post which There’s no great need to increase the number of news sources, at least in our scenic college town of Boulder, nor in most cities. If you expand your definition of “news source” beyond its traditional meaning, Boulder and lots of other communities have hundreds or thousands of “news” sources online. Thanks a lot for posting this article Nice post which There’s no great need to increase the number of news sources, at least in our scenic college town of Boulder, nor in most cities. If you expand your definition of “news source” beyond its traditional meaning, Boulder and lots of other communities have hundreds or thousands of “news” sources online. Thanks a lot for posting this article

]]> Comment on 10, 15 free web articles a month: Is this a mistake? (Yes!) by Albin http://steveouting.com/2012/06/23/10-15-free-web-articles-a-month/comment-page-1/#comment-248182 Albin Wed, 27 Jun 2012 00:34:43 +0000 http://steveouting.com/?p=2111#comment-248182 I suppose one can argue endlessly about how many articles per day or month to give away as "loss leaders" and to retain / create a publication's status as a major public entity instead of hothouse preserve. I'm inclined to think letting the audience choose the content they want would be more informative, if less self-invigorating, than having editors do it. I was recently interested to learn that the NYT and other paywalls make a distinction in their counts between free views initiated on their own sites, that they "count", and views initiated by an aggregator like Google News or RealClearPolitics, that they don't "count". I suppose one can argue endlessly about how many articles per day or month to give away as “loss leaders” and to retain / create a publication’s status as a major public entity instead of hothouse preserve. I’m inclined to think letting the audience choose the content they want would be more informative, if less self-invigorating, than having editors do it. I was recently interested to learn that the NYT and other paywalls make a distinction in their counts between free views initiated on their own sites, that they “count”, and views initiated by an aggregator like Google News or RealClearPolitics, that they don’t “count”.

]]> Comment on 10, 15 free web articles a month: Is this a mistake? (Yes!) by Why the NYT-Flipboard deal is a smart move | Best Daily Deal Aggregator http://steveouting.com/2012/06/23/10-15-free-web-articles-a-month/comment-page-1/#comment-248116 Why the NYT-Flipboard deal is a smart move | Best Daily Deal Aggregator Tue, 26 Jun 2012 20:05:21 +0000 http://steveouting.com/?p=2111#comment-248116 [...] could decide to open up even more of its content to readers through Flipboard and other venues — the way that online-journalism veteran Steve Outing says they should — and take a gamble on ad revenue from that new source as a way of bridging the digital gap [...] [...] could decide to open up even more of its content to readers through Flipboard and other venues — the way that online-journalism veteran Steve Outing says they should — and take a gamble on ad revenue from that new source as a way of bridging the digital gap [...]

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