Monthly Archives: March 2012

Why Patch will never be profitable

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Howard Owens

Patch faces to huge obstacles on its path to profitability: The first is expenses; the second is revenue. Expenses: Tim Armstrong is absolutely right that a great deal of the expense of a print publication can be wrung out of … Continue reading →

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Paywalls create opportunities for local news entrepreneurs

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Howard Owens

It seems like paywalls are popping up all over the place these days.  In recent months Lee, GateHouse and Gannett, for example, have all announced or are implementing paid subscriptions for digital content. Nobody is rooting for these newspapers to … Continue reading →

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Advocates of pay walls should consider the fate of the New York World

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Howard Owens

First, let me remind you of a post November, 2009, in which I quote Walter Lippmann: We expect the newspaper to serve us with truth however unprofitable the truth may be. For this difficult and often dangerous service, which we … Continue reading →

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