Who will pay for free news? Link collection

March 3, 2009 by accordingtojulie 1 Comment

After writing an article in Norwegian about the economics of online news, I have a collection of links. Some were directly quoted and included in the post with the article, some were just used for background information, and some have been provided in the comments to the blog version of the article. They’re all interesting (in my opinion) contributions to the discussion of how journalism can survive economically if news is free.

Consider this list a constant work in progress…

English:

The Atlantic (Michael Hirschorn): End times
Editors’ Weblog (Helena Deards): Time to change – is micro-payment the way forward?
The Economist: Electronics books and newspapers – an iTunes moment?
The Economist: Electronic book-readers – well read
Fast Company (Kit Eaton): Should the New York Times ditch paper, distribute Kindle e-readers?
Machinist/Salon: The Wall Street Journal’s web site is already (secretly) free
The Media Business (Robert G. Picard): The dead and the dying
Rough Type (Nicholas Carr): The writing is on the pay wall
Silicon Alley Insider (Nicholas Carlson): Printing the NYT costs twice as much as sending every subscriber a free Kindle
The Technium (Kevin Kelly): Better than free
TIME (Walter Isaacson): How to save your newspaper

Norwegian:

Etter nyhetsreportasjen "Gratis nyheter har en pris" har jeg en samling linker til stoff om nettaviser, presseøkonomi, pressestøtte, avisdød og den generelle debatten om hvem som skal betale for at nyheter er gratis.