GLG News by Newspaper Industry Experts

"Domain tasting" is an insidious practice whereby profit is made off domains that are registered then "given back". It has an adverse effect on the growth of the Internet and must be stopped.

News Corp has decided to dismantle, not demolish, wsj.com’s paid subscription wall. Weakness at the print Journal may be the real reason for the change of plans. At $1 a year, Barron’s is also facing some serious “paid” subscription challenges.

Competition for the global English-language news audience is not based on geography: readers can flip easily between The New York Times or The Times of London, The Wall Street Journal or The FT, CNN or the BBC.  So far, the Brits are doing a better job of internationalizing their offering.

Obviously there's a lot at stake; audience measurement and ad revenue for the stations. Realistically, this is a major step, going from traditional diaries to PPM's, corresponding results to date are not surprising.

Rupert Murdoch is already making one thing clear: Under NewsCorp, the new Dow Jones will not look or operate like the old Dow Jones.  That will make life interesting for its own and many more media brands.

All newspapers need to recognize and respond to the changing information needs of their geographic and demographic constituencies. If the Merc's transparent reinvention process succeeds, other newspapers will want to emulate it -- fast.

While Dow Jones worries that a free wsj.com could hurt other parts of Dow Jones, Rupert Murdoch will be more interested in a free wsj.com hurting  Dow Jones’ competitors

New leadership, plus freedom from “synergy” and “cross-divisional cooperation” will give Time Inc. an opportunity to figure out its future

Paid circulation at most newspapers is falling.  Newsstand sales are falling fastest of all.   While lower circulation levels help publishers cut costs now, they also reinforce advertisers' negative perceptions of the category

WSJ.com is continuing to promote its paid growth.  But new subscribers are "paying" little or nothing to access the site.  Rupert Murdoch will move quickly to make the site free -- making the Journal a bigger player in the global debate, and the global ad market.