Word: contention
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...media scored a big scalp on Monday when Condé Nast announced that Gourmet magazine was finished. The 68-year-old foodie look book will close after the publication of its November issue, although the title will live on in books and on TV shows and some of its content will be folded into Epicurious.com...
...Second, divide and rent the Taliban. Like the British, we can propose deals that split the moderates (those content with exerting power in Afghanistan alone) from the fanatics (those obsessed with global jihad). We can also attract Taliban fighters by paying them more than the Taliban leadership can afford...
Microsoft, the other big-time company that, like Google, already has the technology available to implement a pay wall, also proposes aggregating information from several news sources in one pay-to-play location. The company's proposal emphasizes user preferences and aims to make the content accessible from any device, both on- and off-line. Yahoo is said to be readying an idea as well, but has not yet given any details. (See the top 10 magazine covers...
...Randy Coats, vice president of interactive for Scripps Howard Newspapers, will make the decision for his 13 newspapers. He believes that tech companies that base their proposals on existing tools stand the best chance; Google is the favorite, he adds, because of its proven track record in monetizing online content. "This is way too important for us to be trusting vaporware...
...hard to tell what payoff would go to the winning technology provider, says Gordon, nor is it even known who would own the content. There is also the question of whether the various pay-for-content ideas would fly with consumers. Google CEO Eric Schmidt recently told British broadcasting executives that charging for online content won't work except for niche and specialist markets. Consumer surveys tend to support those doubts. A Belden Interactive survey released in mid-September found that computer users who said they'd pay for news online would shell out an average of only...