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Newsosaur: What content will people pay for? Alan Mutter says this will come as bad news to publishers planning to peddle the content they are already producing:

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Slate: For-profit news organisations lose money accidentally – non-profit news organisations do so deliberately, writes Jack Shafer, who believes the philanthropic model is doomed:

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Jack Thornton: People will support non-profits because they want to read quality news. Read a response from the founder of the non-profit Texas Tribune here:

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Jeff Jarvis: All this talk of how to sustain an expensive business is missing the point – let’s talk about how to reduce costs and increase efficiency so that news pays for itself.

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Rocky Mountain News: We couldn’t give up the idea we were newspaper companies, says John Temple

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Guardian: Do you suffer from journalism? Then Printoxafin may be for you (thanks Roy Greenslade):

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Guardian: Times drops diary column to make extra room for news:

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Online Journalism Blog: There is a fundamental disconnect between journalists and their employers on how to use social media:

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New York Times: Bloggers forced to cone clean on spamming - FTC to regulate bloggers to force them to disclose any commercial relationships:

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