Jack Thurston

Month: September, 2007

New York Times stops charging for content

From today, all the content at the New York Times website will be free - ending a practice that saw some of America’s best reporting and column writing hidden behind a 'pay wall'. Why a website with a Google Page Rank of 8/10 and therefore huge potential for paid adverts should ever have considered charging [...]

A gentleman or a player?

Last night I attended an interesting talk at the Frontline Club where Andrew Keen, author of The Cult of the Amateur, argued that blogs, social networking and user generated digital content pose a threat to our culture, economy and civilisation. Very quickly it became clear that Keen relishes his role as contrarian and provocateur and [...]