Murdoch CAN charge for content online, but can anyone else?
Commentators have queued up to tell Rupert Murdoch that his plan to charge for online content is wrong. But I think it's obvious that he can charge.
Murdoch's got the will to charge, access to value-add content, and has a lot of experience selling subscription products in the UK. The question is not whether he can charge - it's whether his competitors can match his content and experience.
Newspapers battle each other for advertisers, could online publishers do the same?
Bloomberg.com published an interesting article last Friday that highlights just how competitive it's getting in the newspaper world as newspapers struggle to not only survive the woes of their industry, but struggle to survive a tough economic environment.
Site review: Sky Shopping
Launched last week, Sky Shopping is a price comparison site displaying products from retailers including M&S, John Lewis and Comet.
There are already plenty of shopping comparison sites out there, so is this one any different?
Facebook music - sweet song of success or final ballad of failure?
The New York Post recently reported that Facebook, perhaps spurred on by the launch of MySpace Music, is now serious about pursuing a music service of its own.
Q&A: Daniel Lee of Globrix.com
Globrix is a property search engine that was launched earlier this year, backed by News International.
I looked at the site a few weeks ago, and was impressed by its simple, stripped-down user interface, as well as the number of listings.
Here, we talk to Globrix CEO Daniel Lee about the online property market and where he sees the site heading...
MySpace launches MyAds, but will it work?
MySpace has unveiled ‘MyAds’ to the world, an advertising platform aimed at small businesses with small budgets. Display ads can be bought on a cost-per-click basis.
The company wants to increase revenues during the economic downturn / correction / recession, but is this the magic bullet?
As I see it, there are five problems areas for MySpace to overcome (aside from the minor complaints that the site requires the latest version of Flash to work, and doesn’t work in Google Chrome).
MySpace Music sings a disappointing tune
The unveiling of MySpace Music last week was eagerly anticipated and was notable because the site managed to launch with all four major record labels as joint venture partners.
But as a product, does MySpace Music live up to its promise? I decided to give it a test drive to find out.
BusinessWeek's Business Exchange: putting Web 2.0 in its proper place
In a post more than a year ago, I discussed the commoditization of social networks.
Site review: property search engine Globrix
Launched earlier this year, Globrix is a property search engine which claims to have nearly every property on the market in the UK listed on its site.
Rather than charging estate agents a fee, as sites like Rightmove do, Globrix scrapes listings from estate agents' websites, hoping to make the site more comprehensive than its rivals.
Google turns 10
This weekend, Google celebrated its 10th birthday.
In September 1998, armed with $100,000 in seed money, Stanford graduate students Sergey Brin and Larry Page began a journey that a decade later has seen the development of a $150bn company that employs more than 20,000 people.
Holiday shopping forecast 2009: a lot like 2008, with more coupons
The NLA explains why it is going after the news aggregators
Web 2.0
Graham Charlton
Strategy & Planning
