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It's The Content Stupid

For regular readers, you know that that I’m not a huge fan of the “walled garden” concept for online, mobile and just about any content. However, I do understand and appreciate those business models and the right of those companies to leverage their intellectual property for short-term financial gain and long-term irrelevance ( ...will the last AOL employee please turn off the lights in Virginia… )

It appears that the more and more established mainstream media outlets are staring to understand the value of opening their content and breaking down the barriers to consumers partaking of their content. The New York Times, Financial Times and Wall Street Journal all have plans to make their content less restricted.

I personally applaud these efforts and hope that they do a great job of making them available to me via a mobile browser so that I can read the content online via my phone the next time that I’m stuck at the Dallas airport waiting for an unnamed airline ( ...their initials are aa... ) to decide if they are going to fly on time or just continue faking the flight schedule….

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Telecommunications, Telecom, Business Strategy, Intellectual Property, New York Times, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal

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