links for 2009-12-11

December 11, 2009

Pursuing other people's dreams – Stephen Baker – The Numerati Stephen Baker was recently laid off after 23 years writing …

Want to get paid for journalism? Don’t be afraid to ask your audience May 22, 2013
It's easier than ever to create content, including journalism, but it's more difficult than ever to get paid for it. US public radio's On the Media looks at this conundrum and finds: "One way to make money: Ask for it". They look at crowdfunding and speak with Roman Mars of 99% Invisible about how he funded his third season with a Ki […]
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HSBC: Firing the world’s most incompetent bank April 17, 2013
In a departure from my normal blogging, this is an open letter to HSBC CEO Stuart Gulliver on why I'm firing his bank after seven painful years as its customer. Mr Gulliver pocketed a $11.1 m bonus in 2012 despite money laundering fines and poor corporate performance. I worry that our banks aren't just too big to fail but too incompetent to survive […]
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News, advertising, subsidies and revenue streams: Disentangling products and profits April 5, 2013
Jeff Israely, of global journalism startup Worldcrunch, pushes back on the idea that journalism has always been subsidised. I think subsidy is the wrong word, but as with many of the current discussions around the business of journalism, we're getting tripped up by the imprecision of language and some sloppy use of business and economic language. Yes, t […]
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