Category Archives: Independent

Up Your Ego: Independent printing payments

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"The Independent Newspaper has an interesting way of making a bit of extra cash from their website – they’re restricting printing. ... You get the choice of a ‘free print’ where you can make up to five copies using your home or office printer for free (with an ad). You can make an Instant print on your home printer with six or more copies from 25p to £1 per copy without ads. ... Or you can have 50+ copies printed by them and sent to you within two business days, these cost 75p to £1.10 per copy – again with no adverts."

Independent: British press split in two by Wapping’s great gamble

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Great summary of the state of the paywall debate among UK national newspapers by Ian Burrell. Emily Bell of the Guardian: "This is not about newspaper publishing, this is about news, content and analysis on the internet and as long as you keep making the category error that says newspaper publishers are different you won’t make any progress."

Observer: Aghast Mail bemoans birth of ‘European superstate’

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Peter Preston: "[Stephen Glover] could go on now to inquire whether it's really good enough for poor editor Paul Dacre to cover an all-powerful superstate via its political staff in SW1. And, to be frank, because nobody bar the FT quite escapes the blight of shrunk or shrinking EU coverage, similar logic closes over all Fleet Street like a vice."

NMA: Publishers forced to revisit pay barriers

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"Bauer ... told new media age it was investigating a charging structure. A spokeswoman for Bauer said, "It's a business model we keep a close eye on and continue to investigate its potential, but for the time being our consumer-facing digital brands remain free.'"

Kristine Lowe: How to give value even to the expert reader when rehashing an old story

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"As an increasing amount of people spend an ever increasing amount of their time online, where linking to your sources is common practice everywhere except in certain newspapers with online editions, this practice of omitting links to sources comes across as increasingly bizarre and dishonest. ... I don't think there's anything wrong with aggregating a story, it can be an excellent way of giving value to your readers, but by not linking in today's transparent world you just come across as disingenuous, certainly to readers who have a bit more than a rudimentary knowledge of the subject at hand."

Evening Standard: My way to save Indy – kill off print edition and focus on going digital

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Roy Greenslade on 26 November 2008: "I rather fancy the O'Reillys will greet this idea with thin smiles and a shaking of heads before pointing out how naïve I must be. After all, I know they have toyed with the idea, and that they did some interesting sums to show how unfeasible it would be to take such a step."

Observer: Mail considers bid for Independent

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"Daily Mail owner Daily Mail and General Trust is believed to be considering a bid for the Independent and its Sunday sister title, part of Independent News & Media. It is unclear whether discussions between the two companies have taken place, or if a deal will be struck, but industry sources claim the titles could be off-loaded for £1, with DMGT taking on the loss-making papers' liabilities."