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New York Times syndicate rather than innovate

The big media players like the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal must still think they’re unsinkable. But with finance, fate and fortune all getting caught by a strong tide of change, is syndication rather than innovation a safer harbour to weather the economic storm?

The WSJ doesn’t get Social Media

The Wall Street Journal appears to be running some kind of hybridized free / paid-for service. Erick Schonfeld of TechCrunch is just about right — in time, every major news agency will go advert-supported…