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What Publishers Can Learn From Online Retailers

Sep 8, 2011 9:35 AM

What does content mean for online retailers, and how can publishers successfully work commerce into their websites? Those were the questions discussed at a Financial Times panel in NYC last night. “There are lots of things that merge between media businesses and 2.0 commerce,” said Susan Lyne, chairman of Gilt…

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Posted In: E-Commerce, Media & Publishing, Women-Centric Content, Companies, Pearson, Financial Times, FT.com, andrew kovan, crowdtwist, gilt groupe, irving fain, melissa & doug, rob grimshaw, susan lyne

Interview: Financial Times’ Grimshaw: ‘App Stores Are Not A Panacea’

Jun 7, 2011 11:14 AM

Anything an iOS app can do, the web can do better, Rob Grimshaw, The Financial Times’ online managing director, told paidContent:UK, after launching a HTML5 tablet and mobile “app” Tuesday ahead of the imminent deadline for publishers to comply with Apple’s revised app terms.

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Posted In: Apps, Mobile, Companies, Apple, iPad, Pearson, Financial Times, rob grimshaw

@ pC2011 Video: Interview With FT.com MD Rob Grimshaw

Mar 4, 2011 10:11 AM

Financial Times online MD Rob Grimshaw, who debated on our paidContent 2011 conference panel in New York on Thursday, caught up with me backstage at the event…

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Posted In: Events, ContentNext Events, paidContent 2011, Companies, Pearson, Financial Times, FT.com, rob grimshaw

@ pC2011: Paywalls And Their Discontents

Mar 4, 2011 1:17 AM

As the NYTimes.com prepares to launch its metered pay model any day now, the topic of paywalls is something every media organization is exploring. The views on the value of charging readers flew back and forth during an afternoon session at the paidContent 2011 conference, where Robert Andrews, UK Editor,…

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Posted In: Events, ContentNext Events, paidContent 2011, Companies, Pearson, Financial Times, FT.com, gordon crovitz, justin smith, rob grimshaw, robert andrews

Video @ paidContent 2010: How To Make Money From Digital News

Mar 9, 2010 5:00 PM

The Financial Times has a sizeable and nicely growing subscription business—so why mess with micropayments? FT.com Managing Director Rob Grimshaw says that half the FT’s print customers are newsstand buyers, and the company needs to offer an similar a la carte option online as well. Grimshaw, in an interview with…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Online News, Events, ContentNext Events, paidContent 2010, Companies, Google, Hearst, Pearson, Financial Times, FT.com, cnn, contentnext media, ernie sander, josh cohen, kc estenson, lincoln millstein, rob grimshaw

@pc2010: There Are New Revenue Opportunities Today—The Problem Is Finding Them

Feb 19, 2010 11:09 AM

The discussion started by ContentNext’s Ernie Sander and FT.com’s Rob Grimshaw at paidContent 2010 continued with a panel of other digital media execs from traditional media companies—along with Google (NSDQ: GOOG) product manager Josh Cohen. —Flavor of the month: CNN.com’s KC Estenson: “There are new revenue opportunities today that we…

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Posted In: Advertising, Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Online News, TV, Cable & Telecom, Events, ContentNext Events, paidContent 2010, ernie sander, josh cohen, kc estenson, lincoln millstein, rob grimshaw

@pc2010: FT.com’s Grimshaw: News Readers Are Willing To Pay—At Least For A Day

Feb 19, 2010 10:51 AM

The FT.com, whose metered model has been considered an example for other outlets, such as the NYTimes.com, has 1.9 million registered users, plus 121,000 paying subscribers, said the site’s Managing Director Rob Grimshaw in a Q&A with ContentNext Managing Editor Ernie Sander at paidContent 2010. Grimshaw on why the FT…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Online News, Events, ContentNext Events, paidContent 2010, ernie sander, rob grimshaw

paidContent 2010: The Business of Digital News

Feb 12, 2010 1:53 AM

As ad revenues decline, publishers continue to experiment with new areas of content and distribution platforms. What will users pay for? What’s working, or rather, what holds the most potential for growth? Local, niche? Subscriptions, metered? When the internet levels the playing field and anyone can be a publisher or…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Online News, Events, ContentNext Events, paidContent 2010, ernie sander, josh cohen, kc estenson, lincoln millstein, rob grimshaw

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