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paidContent 2010 conference livestream

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Today paidContent is holding its first namesake conference in New York. Speakers include FT.com’s Rob Grimshaw, Journalism Online’s Steven Brill, New York Times publisher Arthur Salzberger Jnr and Google News’ Josh Cohen.

Areas of focus will include: Business strategy and models that are working across news, information and entertainment » The people and companies driving innovation » The cross-platform approach to developing these diverse revenue streams » Music, TV and movie downloads, subscription streaming, a la carte payments, micropayments, subscriptions, donation models, subsidy models, mobile payments.

It kicks off at 8.15 EST (13.15 GMT)  and you can find a live stream at this link.

Common Sense Journalism: Obits behind the paywall?

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Doug Fisher picks up on plans by one of Journalism Online’s first public clients, the Intelligencer Journal-Lancaster New Era. The title wants to monetise its obituaries behind a partial paywall, according to paidContent’s report:

In Lancaster, publisher Steinman Enterprises will charge readers outside the circulation area for access to obits, starting with a certain number free and then requiring a fee.

“It’s an interesting move, since obits are one of the most popular landing points at many smaller papers. But I’m not sure they are one of the most monetisable, at least not this way,” comments Fisher.

Full post at this link…

paidContent: CNN takes stake in hyperlocal platform Outside.in

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Outside.in,  the US-based hyperlocal content and advertising platform, has closed a $7 million B round of financing, led by Union Square Ventures and including CNN Worldwide, the company announced yesterday. paidContent has information from its CEO and the release in full. Full post at this link…

paidContent.org: GNM laying off six US employees

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PaidContent (owned by Guardian News & Media) reports that Guardian America is laying off six ‘production/edit’ employees: “Most of them are in Guardian’s Washington DC office, and have been given three months notice. None of the U.S. correspondents are affected by this move.”

Last month paidContent reported GNM was to axe GuardianAmerica.com.

Full post at this link…

paidContent: WaPo’s social media guidelines in full

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Last week, the Washington Post issued a new social media policy, to deal with its journalists’ use of individual accounts.

Raju Narisetti, one of two managing editors, took the decision to close down his Twitter account, after the views expressed in some of his tweets were called into question.

paidContent has got hold of the full text of the social media guidelines:

Full post at this link…

Daily Finance speculates paidContent.org’s future at GNM

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AOL site DailyFinance.com cites unnamed ‘industry sources’ who suggest that Guardian News & Media (losing £100,000 per day) may be forced to sell assets to raise cash.

Could ContentNext, publisher of PaidContent.org, sold for a reported $30 million (or more) to GNM last year, be among them?

Rafat Ali, publisher of paidContent.org, says it would news to him. Guardian America CEO Caroline Little says she is unaware of any plans. A GNM spokesperson denies it.

But that doesn’t stop Daily Finance’s speculation. WebMediaBrands, formerly JupiterMedia would be a potential bidder if GNM were to sell, it reports.

Full story at this link…

paidContent:UK: A pay-for BBC could backfire on its rivals

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paidContent:UK’s Robert Andrews argues that charging for BBC content – as some critics have suggested – would damage rather than rescue its rivals.

“For starters, it [the suggestion] ignores the fact that the BBC already charges for its websites as part of the £142.50 annual TV licence, while it’s commercial competitors who offer their material for free with ad support. That makes their protestations ironic.”

Full post at this link…

paidContent:UK: Planned redundancies at Metro

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More bad news for the freebie sector: paidContent:UK reports that up to 30 redundancies are planned for Metro’s regional arts and entertainment sections. Parent company DMGT declined to comment.

“Sources close to the paper say it is cutting back drastically on its Metro Life sections – the regionalised arts, entertainment and food pages produced by journalists at Metro’s offices in Manchester, Glasgow, Newcastle, Birmingham and Bristol.”

Full story at this link…

PaidContent: Telegraph looking to develop e-commerce linking project

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Brian Harrison, Telegraph Media Group’s digital director, said yesterday that the group “is in the early stages of developing an e-commerce project to place links to sites like Amazon.co.uk alongside Telegraph.co.uk stories in a bid to replace some of the revenue lost from the declining interest in print ads and the slow-down in online display advertising,” PaidContent reports. Full story…