Will paid content work? You can’t fall off the floor.

After the secretive meeting of newspaper executives a few weeks ago, at which the economic future of the industry was discussed in depth (see my thoughts here), there has been a splurge of coverage about the companies that are positioning themselves as the newspapers’ saviour.
The Guardian recently reviewed the startup ecosystem that is forming around [...]

The new publishing business model

The decline of print media has been explored endlessly. Everyone is agreed that the traditional business model is broken. And most people agree that there is no silver bullet which will solve the problems facing publishers in this new environment.
To summarise the new reality:

Print circulation is declining across the board, and in many cases will [...]