Another interesting piece by Adam Penenberg in Wired.
Absolutely agree with his point about archiving and search engine presence - we have the same problem - against the need to preserve the "premium" nature of the subscription product.
His point about the ability of a subscriber to share references, either in blog or email form, is also something we've wrestled with. It's a measure of the changing expectations of both news producers and consumers that there weren't these sort of debates when dead-tree editions were worried about their readers photocopying articles and circulating them in a clip service... maybe that should be the model?
Talking of premium content, you have to be a NYTimes subscriber to access this, but trust me, it's worth it....
And we're surprised by this why, exactly?
Absolutely agree with his point about archiving and search engine presence - we have the same problem - against the need to preserve the "premium" nature of the subscription product.
His point about the ability of a subscriber to share references, either in blog or email form, is also something we've wrestled with. It's a measure of the changing expectations of both news producers and consumers that there weren't these sort of debates when dead-tree editions were worried about their readers photocopying articles and circulating them in a clip service... maybe that should be the model?
Talking of premium content, you have to be a NYTimes subscriber to access this, but trust me, it's worth it....
And we're surprised by this why, exactly?
posted by Steve at 6:55 PM
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