Comments on: Monday squibs

By: Anna Haynes

Anna Haynes — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:47:49 +0000

You saw the Wired Journalists group on Ning? (via BeatBlogging; Sholin, Owens, Echola et al.)

By: Simon owens

Simon owens — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 04:58:40 +0000

I’ve never been a reader of The Atlantic — I’m a huge fan of The New Yorker, but now that they’re going completely free I might subscribe to their rss feed and give them a whirl.

By: George

George — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:31:11 +0000

The great thing about the Atlantic going on-line is that now I can get its great material on the cheap. Here in the UK its especially expensive, more than double the sticker price in Canada, at about £6 per-copy, or $12.50. So this is sweet news.

Plus having free on-line material creates greater interest in the paper material because it advertises the quality if content the magazine produces.

It has worked well for ESPN with espn.com and it has worked extremely well for the NY Times and others.

Maybe this will convince management at the Globe and Mail in Canada to get their collective heads out of their arses and realise paywalls hurt advertising opportunities.Fewer page hits equals fewer advertising opportunities,