• Gannett’s Paywall Gamble

    The nation’s largest local newspaper chain is shifting its local news sites to a subscription model, betting their content is unique enough for readers to pony up.


  • Reading List: Tech’s Mormon Bartender Problem

    The Web is becoming more and more social, but the engineers behind this movement aren’t exactly the most social bunch. Plus: Hulu is bigger than Fox, and the FTC has reached a settlement with Facebook. This and more on today’s Reading List.


  • Inside the Economist Group’s Ad Network Play

    The Economist Group isn’t exactly a name you’d expect playing the vertical ad network game, but one of its business units, Ideas People Media, manages a vertical network featuring a collection of sites its high-minded readers also visit.