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@ FOBM: Economist’s Rossi: Premium Content May Be Ad Antidote; Kindle Edition Coming

Oct 28, 2008 3:41 PM

Economist.com took a pass on the free-content phenomenon first time around - now, just as flares and yo-yos came back in to fashion, the publisher sees pay walls regaining popularity in an advertising downturn. The news mag’s site already charges for stories over a year old and, publisher Paul Rossi…

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Posted In: Companies, Pearson, Economist, fobm, paul rossi

@ FOBM: Journalists Deny Talking World Into Recession

Robert Andrews

Oct 28, 2008 3:20 PM

News networks can move markets, that’s for sure, and rarely has their compulsion to report responsibly been more critical. But what truth is there to concern from some quarters that they’ve talked the economy in to a recession? Absolutely none, a trio of journalists emphatically told our Future Of Business…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Events, fobm

@ FOBM: Economist.com Maintains Free/Subscription Mix

Robert Andrews

Oct 30, 2007 8:37 AM

It doesn’t look like The Economist is going to join the growing pack and switch its website further from subscription access to an ad-supported. Economist.com articles older than 365 days are currently behind a pay wall. Here at our Future Of Business Media conference in New York, Susan Clark, the…

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Posted In: Companies, Pearson, Economist, fobm