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scwalton

FT.com / UK - Publishers warn of hurdles to iPad deal - 0 views

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ft.com Apple iPad Newspapers Publishing Magazines Monetization Media Ownership

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    "Although Apple won plaudits from the book publishing industry for offering it more control over pricing and a richer split of sales - publishers retain 70 per cent of sales and have control over the customer pricing of books - the revenue sharing plan makes less sense for recurring charges such as subscriptions, publishers said. The concept of giving away close to a third of subscription sales over an indefinite period was difficult to accept, publishers said. "Thirty per cent forever changes the economics," one media executive in discussions with Apple said. "You can imagine we feel less good about it. Should (subscriptions) be treated differently than single item sales?""
Rebekah Pure

Unemployed? Get a newspaper subscription for $1 / LJWorld.com - 0 views

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Newspaper ljworld

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    Lawrence Journal-World is offering unemployed people in the area a 13-week subscription for just $1. "We want to ensure that residents experiencing difficult times are able to stay connected to the news and be aware of job opportunities and advertising specials published in the paper each day," said Chris Bell, Journal-World circulation director. Is this sincere?
anonymous

Time Warner Cable Beats Estimates, Subscription Revenue Up -- Seeking Alpha - 0 views

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Time Warner Cable revenue 2009

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    Time Warner's 4th quarter financial results from 2009. They reported an increase in total revenues, which came from growth in subscriptions. A decline in advertising revenues was reported. Subscriber Statistics During the fourth quarter, Time Warner Cable added 56,000 Digital Video subscribers to 8.866 million. The company lost 105,000 Basic Video subscribers to 12,859 million, added 120,000 Residential high-speed data subscribers to 8.994 million, added 2,000 Commercial high-speed data subscribers to 0.295 million, added 75,000 Residential Digital phone subscribers to 4.153 million, and also added 9,000 Commercial Digital phone subscribers to 0.067 million. During the same quarter the company added 64,000 Triple play subscribers to 3.448 million, added 27,000 Double play subscribers to 4.9 million, and lost 146,000 Single play subscribers to 6.224 million.
kkholland

Cellphone and Entertainment Fees Add Up for Families - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    Discussion of the increasing amounts the average American household spends on cable, internet and gaming connections annually. Of special note is the lucrative nature of the subscription model for the media industry.
Ryan Fuller

Magazines' Newsstand Sales Fall, Dragging Down Circulation - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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2010 magazine circulation declines readership

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    Article discussing the decline of the magazine industry, both for subscriptions and, to a lesser extent, newsstand sales.
  • Ryan Fuller on 09 Feb 10
     
    In another tough stretch for the magazine business, newsstand sales and subscriptions declined in the last six months of 2009. The only good news: the rate of decline is getting less steep for newsstand sales.
Julian Gottlieb

A Note to Newspapers « blog maverick - 0 views

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Mark Cuban newspaper industry subscription

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    Cuban discusses the drawbacks of traditional subscription/advertising models for newspapers and develops some solutions of his own for new revenue/marketing strategies.
kkholland

Radio Business Report/Television Business Report - Voice of the Broadcasting Industry - 0 views

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FCC Media regulation hostage taking subscription rates super bowl Oscars negotiations

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    Consumer watchdog groups complained to the FCC about cable conglomerates using "hostage taking" as a negotiating tactic. The groups referenced the subscription rate battles that threatened to keep consumers from watching the Super Bowl and the Oscars in a recent letter to the FCC.
michael curtin

Cellphone and Entertainment Fees Add Up for Families - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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Telecommunications cable nytimes 2010

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    Telecom and subscription fees continue to rise for families. Avg. telecom and cellphone fees approach $2000 per year.
chris_seaman

For Microsoft and Xbox, Focus Shifts From Game to Video - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    Discusses how X-Box Live has been transitioning from merely a subscription gaming service to a media portal that can access many different forms of entertainment.
ethan tussey

Hulu Can Barely Cover Its Bandwidth Bills - 0 views

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Hulu Over the Top retrans 2010

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  • When Hulu launched, it was set up as the perfect online distributor for network TV, which was completely ad-supported. But since then, broadcast networks have fought for and won retransmission fees from cable operators, making their model a lot more like cable. The TV business is only 50% ad supported, with $68 billion coming from advertising. When you tally up TV subscriber fees collected by cable, satellite and telcos, it comes to, well, about $68 billion. And the reality is, between cable, satellite and telecom TV offerings, 90% of Americans pay for their TV.
  • ethan tussey on 30 Mar 10
     
    Hulu is free Internet TV in a sea of subscription. The portal is said to be making very little once all money is divided up among its partners.
kkholland

For Microsoft and Xbox, Focus Shifts From Game to Video - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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  • Executives at Microsoft are fond of saying that its subscription gaming service, Xbox Live, should be thought of as a cable channel.
  • The company is even producing shows for users: it is in the middle of the second season of “1 vs. 100,” an interactive version of a game show that was on NBC.The content ambitions do not end there. Microsoft has held in-depth talks with the Walt Disney Company about a programming deal with ESPN, according to people close to the talks, who requested anonymity because the talks were intended to be private.
  • For a per-subscriber fee, ESPN could provide live streams of sporting events, similar to the ones available through ESPN 360,
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  • Similarly, users of the Sony PlayStation can tune into BBC shows and see Weather Channel updates, as well as stream Netflix. Last week, Netflix extended its streaming service to the Nintendo Wii.
  • console makers have a significant head start. Nearly 60 percent of American homes now have at least one console, according to the consulting firm Deloitte, up from 44 percent three years ago.
  • In November, Nielsen started to track “1 vs. 100” play and ad views. The pilot program “is the tip of the iceberg,” said Gerardo Guzman, a director for Nielsen Games; eventually, he hopes to generate TV-style ratings.Mr. Kroese said Xbox advertisers were “very interested in being able to compare the media buy on Xbox to other media buys they do.”
  • kkholland on 21 Jan 10
     
    The XBox moves into cable TV turf. What does it mean for the industry?
kkholland

New York Times to Charge Frequent Readers of Web Site - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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  • Starting in early 2011, visitors to NYTimes.com will get a certain number of articles free every month before being asked to pay a flat fee for unlimited access. Subscribers to the newspaper’s print edition will receive full access to the site without extra charge.
  • But executives of The New York Times Company said they could not yet answer fundamental questions about the plan, like how much it would cost or what the limit would be on free reading. They stressed that the amount of free access could change with time, in response to economic conditions and reader demand.
  • Still, publishers fear that income from digital subscriptions would not compensate for the resulting loss of audience and advertising revenue.
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  • from 2005 to 2007 the newspaper’s TimesSelect service charged for access to editorials and columns. TimesSelect attracted about 210,000 subscribers who paid $49.95 a year, but it was scrapped to take advantage of the boom in online advertising.
  • “This is a bet, to a certain degree, on where we think the Web is going,” Mr. Sulzberger said. “This is not going to be something that is going to change the financial dynamics overnight.”
  • Two specialized papers already charge readers: The Wall Street Journal, which makes certain articles accessible only to subscribers, and The Financial Times, which allows nonpaying readers to see up to 10 articles a month, a system close to what is planned by The Times.
  • kkholland on 21 Jan 10
     
    The NY Times breaks ranks and announces a new plan to charge frequent users of their online site. Will this new economic model work?
Ryan Fuller

New York Times Leaning Toward 'FT' Metered Model; Announcement Finally On Way? | paidCo... - 0 views

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2010 New York Times subscriptions

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    After more than a year of discussions and months of delays, the New York Times finally may be on the verge of announcing-not of implementing, mind you-a metered system that would allow registered users to read some sto
ethan tussey

Redbox: Is the movie biz doomed to relive the Napster nightmare? | The Big Picture | Lo... - 0 views

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2009 DVD Film Industry Redbox

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  • Warners has even gone further, saying it would impose the same restrictions on Netflix and other DVD by-mail subscription providers unless they agreed to a "day-and-date revenue sharing option."
  • here's no way of getting around the fact that the studios who are trying to put the muscle on Redbox are making the same mistakes the music business made nearly a decade ago when it attempted -- and failed, quite spectacularly -- to squash unauthorized downloading of music by destroying the dreaded Napster Web file-sharing service.
  • At some point we'll have a longer, perhaps more intriguing discussion about why so many people have gone from buyers to renters.
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