Archive for the ‘Micropayments’ Category

The continuing micropayment (uNews) conversation

I’m responding to a fellow young blogger who listed the Top 10 reasons why publications should not charge readers in micropayments. The basic tenents are: Nothing beats free. This completely compromises the link economy. It’s very 2000. It’s uncreative. It’s failed in the past. Micropayments puts open-source journalism years behind. It’s never been done before. [...]

Re: iTunes for news – a breakthrough

iTunes of news

David Carr of The New York Times is either an asshole or genius. He discusses the idea of making an iTunes for distributing news and information (click here for Michael Hogan’s take). Wow, it’s about time. [...]