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It’s a classic variation of the “innovator’s dilemma“. Large, legacy publishers recognize that their business models are changing dramatically, yet they can’t afford to shift resources into developing the risky new technologies that may–or may not–rescue their companies. To address this dilemma, publishers have started experimenting with a new solution: innovation labs. In the past few [...]

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Our colleagues at The Economist have an informative infographic on the rise and fall of American newspaper circulation. As the video shows, some newspapers have done a better job at growing their circulation than others. Publications such as the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times have managed to increase their circulations (which includes [...]

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Perhaps you’ve seen it before. You’re perusing the in-depth financial analysis of the Wall Street Journal and there it is: an offer to join WSJwine, the Journal‘s wine club. The ad is always slightly jarring. Why is a news publication also in the business of hawking a vintage Bordeaux? But dig a little deeper and [...]

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Last December, YouTube underwent a redesign that wasn’t merely about changing the look of the YouTube website, but about changing how viewers conceive of the video sharing service. YouTube had grown to be a dizzying maze of videos that seemed unhinged from context or connection. You went to YouTube because someone had sent you there, [...]

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