Subscription Time at The Financial Times
Zuora, the subscription billing and payments company and the Financial Times of London announced a deal today in which the Times will use Zuora to help manage its subscription business. Two interesting paragraphs from an article in Computerworld UK stand out: “The organisation has invested heavily in its digital strategy in recent years amidst a […]
The NY Times Breaks Its UI
What is it with these guys? Everything was fine and the Times decided to improve its online reading experience. But the gesture backfired and turned my tablet into slate. For a few minor improvements, the UI is now completely FUBAR. Let’s back up. I use an iPad to read the paper and I like it. […]
Paywalls Are Dumb, Statistics Prove
I don’t know how anyone could look at the traffic data coming out of Murdoch’s paywall initiative and not conclude that they are ill-advised and monumentally stupid. According to data from Experian Hitwise, which charts Internet traffic, visits to The Times of London and The Sunday Times’ Websites have dropped by 66% since parent company […]
