Publishing
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The newspaper industry is seeking an antitrust provision to negotiate for a return to a world that is gone and never coming back; worse, it is an approach that could ruin publishing’s true future.
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The missing piece when it comes to the future of media are faceless publishers. Vox Media’s deal with The Ringer shows the way.
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For years publishers haven’t had to worry about business models: they just captured attention and watched the money come in. Those days, though, are over: the publications that survive will start with business models and…
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Differentiation and Value Capture in the Internet Age
The implication of the Smiling Curve is not only that aggregators have increased economic power, but that differentiated suppliers do as well; Omni Software is an example.
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An Update on the Stratechery Membership Program
Last spring I wrote a series about the future of journalism: Part 1: FiveThirtyEight and the End of Average – link Part 2: The Stages of Newspapers’ Decline – link Part 3: Newspapers Are Dead; Long Live Journalism – link In the third installment I wrote: More and more journalism will be small endeavors, often […]
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Daily Update: Apple’s Seattle Office, The Imminent Demise of Radio, CNET Launches a Magazine
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Publishers and the Smiling Curve
Publishers used to live at the point of integration. The value of that integration, though, is gone with the Internet, which means value flows to suppliers and aggregators.
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Daily Update: GT Advanced’s Bankruptcy, The Magazine is Shutting Down, Priceless Beats
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Daily Update: The Player’s Tribune and Corporate Journalism, Box Delays IPO, Rovio Layoffs
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Daily Update: Facebook Launches Atlas, News as a Service


