The NZ Herald, the largest newspaper in New Zealand, has put up a paywall. It is the first general paywall in New Zealand, the paper has employed a fremium model for its paid content. New Zealand has a duopoly structure and print and online news market as the NZ Herald and Stuff dominate print andContinue reading “The first general paywall goes up in New Zealand”
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An analysis of paywalls and pay systems
My chapter Paywalls and Pay systems, has been published in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication. Here is the summary: “Funding of journalism has become a critical part of journalism and digital journalism studies because no single business model has emerged to solve revenue problems for print and digital news outlets. Despite newspapers’ efforts toContinue reading “An analysis of paywalls and pay systems”
Update and evaluation of news payment systems
My chapter evaluating academic research about paywalls and news payment systems will be published in Encyclopedia of Journalism Studies later on this year. The chapter also updates payment systems related to Facebook, and investigates micro payments and membership and donor models. The book is published by Oxford University Press, and it is edited by Henrik Örnebring.Continue reading “Update and evaluation of news payment systems”
A good week for a researcher
Some weeks in the world of research are better than others, and this has most definitely been a good week. My paper investigating news companies dependency on Facebook has been accepted to a conference organised by the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR). The conference takes place in Eugene, Oregon, in the UnitedContinue reading “A good week for a researcher”
Dr Merja Myllylahti 