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Content economics: Understanding the digital landscape for journalism

February 15, 2014

Felix Salmon, finance blogger at Reuters, has an ongoing, irregular series on what he calls «Content economics». Put together, it is one of the best, most comprehensive accounts of the digital landscape journalism is part of and operating in.

Salmon’s series is bound to end up in a book, but for now, a single place to access all parts was missing. So I created it. The series has five parts by now, I will update this article as Salmon publishes more parts.

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Content economics, part 1: advertising

Content economics, part 2: payments

Content economics, part 3: costs

Content economics, part 4: scale

Content economics, part 5: news

Hello, nice to meet you. I'm David Bauer. I’m a journalist by training, a product person by conviction, and a generalist at heart. I love complex issues and helping people navigate them. Learn more →

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