E-mail fees and small vs. big guys

3

By David Rothman

Details from Boing Boing. Also see New York Times article. Could not only activist groups but also small publications suffer?

Speaking of small vs. big guys: Outgoing WashPo editor reflects on mass media in the era of blogs. Hey, Outlook‘s Steve Luxenberg is right on an important detail: You’ll very possibly be reading him “sideways” through a link such as the one at the start of this paragraph. But then again, that’s the point. The Reader wants The News on his own terms, and people curious about digipubs, copyright and libraries will find a much better signal-to-noise ratio here than in a general-interest publication! When, oh when, will the Post fully wake up to the new era?

And an OpenReader angle: In my OpenReader incarnation, I’ve found the Post awesomely clueful on some matters, such as embedded Technorati links, but aggressively uninterested in such things as digipub formats, including one that would allow encapsulated, reader-customized editions. I subscribed to the full Post for decades but these days get the paper only on Sunday. Any mystery why? Damn, I’d love to pay L Street for an encapsulated edition that better reflected my interests–whether in publishing or in Alexandria, VA–than the bloated paper editions do. Hey, ads could be better targeted as well. Can L Street spell G-o-o-g-l-e?

3

 Print Friendly