The annual subscription for Honolulu Civil Beat is a pricey $240, attracting plenty of skeptics. But don't count it out yet -- Omidyar may have timed the bottom of the paid-content news market well. Watch this space for an indicator of where the news business is headed.
More than a quarter of Americans now get news via their cell phones, according to a new Pew Research poll -- another stark reminder of the massive problems facing today's media. The biggest draw for mobile news junkies: weather reports.
The News Corp. chairman's strategy for crippling rival Google has been more orchestrated than it seemed, a profile in this week's New York magazine reveals. And lest you doubt his intentions, Murdoch even named his effort after one of Julius Caesar's conquests for the Roman Empire.
After months of deliberations, The New York Times has finally decided on both a structure for charging readers to access to its popular website and a date when the pay demands will take effect.
What media-industry developments and market forces will make headlines in the year to come? Pay-to-read online content, tablet computers, mom-and-pop newsrooms and, oh yes -- banks taking over the magazine and newspaper game.
