Avatar has been declared the “future of movies” and it may be - though perhaps not quite in the way Hollywood thinks. Barely a month after launch it has generated more than $2bn in ticket sales, becoming the top-grossing film of all time. Its popularity is almost entirely down to the amazing...
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on 02-03-2010
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Anyone who is really, really interested in online paywalls can find my reply to Felix Salmon’s extensive critique of my column this week in the comments on his blog post.
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on 01-22-2010
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Continue reading “Charge for news or bleed red ink”
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on 01-20-2010
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The reports from Beijing of signs of popular Chinese sympathy with Google’s threat to pull out of the country, in protest at censorship, are fascinating. I wonder whether those photos of wreaths being laid outside Google headquarters in Beijing, could one day be as famous as the statue of liberty...
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on 01-13-2010
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