I posted two articles on Rosecantine.com about the newspaper business which has seen its product — the news — become commoditized. There’s a debate going on in the industry about whether they should put content behind a pay wall or make it all free. The lesson is that if you have something special your competitors don’t have, keep it behind a pay wall.

The future of newspapers

Explosion of free newspapers in the Netherlands

Update:

101 Uses for Newspapers (funny)

San Francisco Chronicle to cut 25% of jobs in the newsroom

Note: I like good newspapers and I’m not happy to see news staff being fired left and right.

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