Rachelle Matherne
Gillian Shaw, who covers technology and social media for The Vancouver Sun, writes that 90% of Canadians would turn to free alternatives before paying for news content. She cites a study by University of British Columbia professor Donna Logan entitled “Canadian...
Rachelle Matherne
A bevy of tools and services have popped up in recent months for online news readers. A New York Times article earlier this week highlighted some of them, such as Read It Later and Instapaper, which allow the reader to save articles to be viewed offline in a variety...
Rachelle Matherne
The list of publishers embracing mobile devices as a viable platform for their content continues to grow. The iPad is receiving particularly strong love. Online magazine Slate now has an iPad app, available for free in the iTunes App Store. Perhaps former Slate editor...
David Reich
In February, The New York Times announced a partnership with New York University to produce an online news initiative covering the East Village of NYC. The collaboration is called The Local: East Village (LEV) and is supposed to launch sometime this fall. According to...
Rachelle Matherne
The Times, based in the U.K. and owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., has begun rolling out its paywall. Eventually, readers will have to pay a subscription fee in order to read the newspaper’s online content, but for now, they only have to register for a...
