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NEWS ABOUT: business models

business models stories: 9 news summaries
GLOSSIES

 The Washington Post Is 
 Odds-On Fave to Survive 

Newspaper trimmed staff, and it's paid off: Wolff

Sep 4, 09 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Like America's other newspapers, the Washington Post is in pain, operating $86 million in the red after axing 400 reporters. “And yet,” Newser founder Michael Wolff writes in Vanity Fair, “if you had to look for a circumstance out of which a newspaper might have the... More »

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New York Times • Washington Post • business models • Michael Wolff • newspaper industry • Kaplan • Katharine Weymouth • Don Graham

OPINION

 Twitter Is Just a Fad 

Social networking site has no long-term viability: Friedman

Jul 29, 09 5:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jon Friedman doesn’t really like Twitter, he writes for MarketWatch. He thinks the 140-character cap keeps Tweets superficial—which is why Ashton Kutcher loves it. It proved useful for Iranian protesters, but for those of us in relatively stable countries, Friedman agrees with blogger Jon Taplin: "Twitter has... More »

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social networking • Internet • Web 2.0 • business models • Twitter • user base • mobile phones • microblogging

OPINION

 With News, 
 'We Get What 
 We Pay For' 

Sick media must not die

May 10, 09 11:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - We know the mainstream media is sick, but it doesn’t have to die, writes Frank Rich in the New York Times. When television appeared, people worried it would eat movies, Broadway, and radio; all these forms still exist, having “learned to adapt and to collaborate with the monster.... More »

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Internet • newspaper • journalism • free • Frank Rich • new media • business models • reporting • investigative journalism

 Wall St. Braces for Lower Pay, 
 Less Risk-Taking 

Gov't, public pressure forces shift in expectations

Jan 31, 09 9:13 AM CST
(Newser) - With the new president joining the chorus of outrage against bonuses for bailed-out Wall Street firms, bankers are grappling with the notion that long-held pay expectations will have to change, the Wall Street Journal reports. Eager to avert government crackdown, firms are expected to shrink and perhaps defer bonuses, to... More »

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Wall Street • culture • compensation • bailout • business models • Obama administration • President Obama • TARP

 Twitter Tries to Get Real, 
 Trades In CEO

Micro-blogging pioneer with plenty of buzz but no revenue swaps execs

Oct 17, 08 6:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Twitter has shunted CEO Jack Dorsey into the chairman's role and given his job to current chairman and co-founder Evan Williams, CNET reports. The micro-blogging site has grown fast since launching last year and has been surrounded by plenty of buzz—but while managers say things are right on track,... More »

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technology • social networking • Web 2.0 • blogging • business models • Twitter

American Stiffens Frequent-Flier Rules

Fees see an increase in a move to cut costs

Aug 7, 08 4:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - American Airlines has added stiffer fees and higher mileage requirements to its frequent-flier program as the airline struggles to cope with fuel costs, the New York Times reports. American, which posted a $1.16 billion loss for the second quarter, is following the lead of Delta, which tightened the purse... More »

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cost cutting • airline industry • American Airlines • frequent flier miles • quarterly results • fuel costs • business models

Microsoft Will Sell Office
By $70 Subscription

Annual fee aims to bring penny-pinchers, pirates into fold; includes software updates

Jul 2, 08 1:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Microsoft will start selling its Office software package on a subscription model in mid-July, the AP reports. Instead of paying around $200 for Office, consumers can pay $70 a year, with no additional cost for new versions. In addition to the Office programs, the subscription bundle—named “Equipt”—... More »

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Microsoft • software • subscription • Microsoft Office • computer security • productivity applications • business models

Small-Town Coffee
Purveyor Goes Grande

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters is climbing, financially and socially

May 9, 08 9:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - A success story is brewing in tiny-town Vermont, where a coffee roaster is supplying beans to 600 McDonald's restaurants across 50 states and 25 countries. The creator of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Bob Stiller, never imagined such a feat—nor the $121 million in sales last quarter—when he started... More »

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McDonald's • social responsibility • coffee • coffee roasting • gourmet coffee • business models

OPINION

Tech Giants Behave Like Nations

eBay boycott shows how 'social contract'
can be mishandled

Feb 29, 08 4:45 PM CST
(Newser) - A comparison of two of this week’s big tech news stories, the end of an eBay boycott and Google’s announcement of the construction of a new trans-Pacific fiber optic cable, show how the tech giants have moved beyond old corporate paradigms, writes Michael Malone for ABC News. With... More »

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Google • Internet • eBay • Professional eBay Sellers Alliance • undersea Internet cables • fiber optic cables • business models

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