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Could Paid Online Member's Clubs Save Newspapers?

The U.K.'s The Guardian newspaper is about to try an alternative model to charging for online content that sounds infinitely more digestible: Bonus content "member's clubs." The idea was spawned from a survey email sent out to ...READ»

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Why Netflix Should Run the U.S. Postal Service

If the U.S. government isn't willing to sell the Post Office to the popular DVD rental service, it should at least try to learn from how Netflix so efficiently moves so many envelopes through its system every day.READ»

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The Big, Awkward Problem of YouTube Fees

YouTube has become our national trove of free video, a place where a company can find a free platform for video marketing junk and individuals can watch dogs sleepwalk. But as we've discussed before, the Web's video giant costs Google ...READ»

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Microsoft Wants To Patent Pay-For-Processor-Power PCs

There's a new patent application from Microsoft that's pretty confusing: It describes what is essentially a pay-as-you-go PC, with certain functions locked out at both the hardware and software level until released by a payment ...READ»

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YouTube May Finally Make Money

It’s been years since YouTube became the jewel in Google’s [GOOG] crown in terms of usership, but it’s never made the company a dime. Now it seems the search giant is figuring out effective ways to monetize their video site, ...READ»

Facebook Connect + Microsoft = Business Model For Facebook?

Facebook is still hunting for a business model and reading Om Malik's Why Facebook Connect Matters & Why It Will Win post got me thinking: If Facebook is going to make it even easier for people to create content, searching ...READ»

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