brandrepublic.com - 10/2/2009
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LONDON - The Financial Times chief executive, John Ridding, has said newspapers should find ways to charge for online content in order to preserve the future of quality journalism.
Future chief: We are best-placed to charge for online content
brandrepublic.com 11/26/2009 — LONDON - Future, the special interest publisher, is experimenting with paywalls as part of a "do and learn" approach to solving the problem of charging for online content, said chief executive Stevie Spring today.
FT: people will pay for general news content
community.brandrepublic.com 8/17/2009 — There is a longish piece in the New York Times over the weekend looking at The Financial Times and its paid content strategy. The paper quotes John Ridding, the chief executive of the FT, insisting that people will pay for general news content. It's a sort of Field of Dreams approach. ...
Economist to charge readers for its online news content
brandrepublic.com 9/8/2009 — LONDON - The Economist is to charge for news content across its website, mirroring the recent move made by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation to introduce a paid-for model for its online news content.
The FT launches ad campaign
brandrepublic.com 9/18/2009 — LONDON - The Financial Times is launching a global ad campaign to support its 'Future of Investing' series of articles.
Newspapers: Down but Not Out
adage.com 4/22/2009 — The death knell for newspapers has been sounded too quickly. Newspapers are suffering from a confluence of factors, but many of their woes are self-imposed and have solutions, albeit painful ones. Newspapers have an enduring place in today's fragmented media world. The industry's survival depends on curing its structural ills and reshaping a new strategy for post-recession recovery.
FT to launch How To Spend It online
brandrepublic.com 10/1/2009 — LONDON - The Financial Times is launching an online version of its upmarket monthly magazine, How To Spend It.