'journalism' Tag

  • Radical suggestion to Big Media: You are not the story.

    November 15, 2010

    Readers of my blog know that I rarely shy away from criticizing the French financial press (the reality is that I still read it regularly and often find it relevant and thought-provoking).  But to paraphrase Winston Churchill, the only thing I find more infuriating than the French media is… all the other media.  Particularly the […]

    posted in technology by mark

  • Blogs behind the paywall

    July 2, 2010

    There is an interesting debate raging on Charles Bremner’s blog about The Times’ (the UK newspaper for which Charles Bremner blogs) new pricing policy. The Times and The Sunday Times this week began charging for access to their websites.  Readers must pay £1 for a day’s access and £2 for a week’s subscription.  It’s definitely […]

    posted in technology, venture capital by mark

  • The content farms are coming !

    June 27, 2010

    The French intelligentsia has discovered the content farm model, and it’s not happy. Well-financed, maturing, and in some cases reaching the liquidity climax (Demand Media’s approaching IPO, Associated Content’s acquisition by Yahoo), the content farm model in the U.S. is not without its critics. But as evidenced by Yahoo’s commitment, AOL’s birth of a business […]

    posted in technology, venture capital by mark