future of journalism

An argument that the NY Times' paywall is working or at least not NOT working:

The first question that comes to mind is how good are his numbers.

Just a quickie post with links for future reference. The only question about the NYT paywall is 'Did it kill their online presence and revenue or not?' and we won't be able to answer that for at least six months to a year, so any comments/arguments made now are a complete waste of time. But some of these links may be useful for future reference if the paywall results skew hard one way or the other:

1) NYT explains the paywall.

Clive Thompson bucks the internet naysayer trend by arguing that blog posts and tweets are actually positive inspirations for thoughtful meditation. Rather than replacing blogs, Thompson argues that tweets are part of an ecology including both long- and short-form reactions:

An argument against heavy investment in iPad app development, at least for the immediate future, because the market is still too small and too dominated by Apple, who refuses to allow subscriptions.

This is an argument directed at corps, particularly those tied to magazine and newspaper publishing, but it offers some interesting numbers. It also provides some insight into just how much a walled garden the world of the iPad is:

Cory Doctorow notes that H.G. Wells' prediction in 1943 that the telephone would spell doom for newspapers didn't, um, turn out to be terribly insightful.