Three stories worth your time, in the shifting sands of modern publishing| One Man & His Blog
Some quick points of interest from Mediahuis Ireland's five year subs journey| One Man & His Blog
Elisabeth Falck of If P&C shares how IAM and a product mindset drive API success, with insights ahead of Platform Summit 2025.| Nordic APIs
In the most recent of what’s beginning to feel like a parade of star litigators jumping ship from BigLaw, comes word that Karen Dunn has left Paul Weiss to join a startup litigation boutique; in the first few months of its existence it’s already past two dozen lawyers and counting. Similarly, Abbe Lowell (another Big […]| Adam Smith, Esq.
Today's links The real (economic) AI apocalypse is nigh: Sweating (the assets) to the oldies. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Dying on the job; Google audiocomplete blacklist; Lockheed Martin v. 'gathering information.' Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'll keep writin' 'em. Upcoming books: Like I said, I'll keep writin' 'em. Colophon: All the rest. The real (economic) AI apocalypse is n...| Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
Is first party data critical to unloicking new revenue – and new editorial products?| One Man & His Blog
Some reflections on 1Password.| v5.chriskrycho.com
As AI becomes a major consumer of research, scholarly publishing must evolve: from PDFs for people to structured, high-quality data for machines.| The Scholarly Kitchen
In days of yore, back when people were blogging, I described the way that libraries were offering ebooks as being a "Pretend It's Print" model. At the time, I felt that this model was designed to sustain and perpetuate the model that libraries and publishers had been using since prehistoric times, and that it ignored most of the possibilities inherent in the ebook. Ebooks could liberate the book from the shackles of their physical existences! | Go To Hellman
This guy! And at least one other guy!| Sympolymathesy, by Chris Krycho
I will celebrate every piece of software I use that gets this right.| Sympolymathesy, by Chris Krycho
Exactly what I have been hoping for since Mozilla announced the Pocket shutdown.| v5.chriskrycho.com
Robert Harington talks to Melissa Junior, Executive Publisher at The American Society for Microbiology, in this series of perspectives from some of Publishing’s leaders across the non-profit and for-profit sectors of our industry.| The Scholarly Kitchen
An AAAS survey reveals authors' concerns and confusion regarding open licensing of their work| The Scholarly Kitchen
JetBrains has a sensible model for subscriptions: once you pay for a version, it is yours. Would that other vendors would follow suit.| Sympolymathesy, by Chris Krycho
Discover the Formula 1 business model and revenue breakdown. Learn how F1 and its teams make money through races, sponsorships, and media rights. Explore F1 revenue per race, how F1 teams manage finances, and more.| StartupTalky
As US federal policy on indirect costs remains uncertain, the Joint Associations Group seeks input on two proposed models. Learn about the models and implications for library funding and publishers.| The Scholarly Kitchen
Historical analysis of bibliometric trends shows scholarly publishing market consolidation over the years. These changes are linked to the emergence of The Big Deal subscription model and Open Access initiatives that have forced publishers into a rapid shift towards new business models focused on volume and scalability. The post Quantifying Consolidation in the Scholarly Journals Market first appeared on Clarke & Esposito.| Clarke & Esposito
Transformative Agreements (TAs) can create significant challenges for the society partners of publishers. The post The Challenge with Transformative Agreements and Society Journals first appeared on Clarke & Esposito.| Clarke & Esposito
Today, Roger Schonfeld examines several key drivers transforming the monographs marketplace and reflects on strategic opportunities ahead.| The Scholarly Kitchen
Clarivate recently announced that it is shifting to a "subscription-based access strategy," meaning that it will no longer allow academic libraries to purchase perpetual licenses to content.| The Scholarly Kitchen
Mary Ann Liebert is interviewed about the acquisition of her independent scientific publishing company by Sage.| The Scholarly Kitchen
For today's Kitchen Essentials post, Alice Meadows interviews Stephanie Dawson, CEO of ScienceOpen, about her thoughts on and experience of research infrastructure, as the leader of an organization working in this space.| The Scholarly Kitchen
Every entrepreneur asks the million-dollar question: "What business to start?" If you're tired of generic advice and want a real, no-BS roadmap , you're in the right place.| Dan Lok
APIs drive innovation in the finance sector, streamlining payments and investments and informing anti-money laundering and credit scoring.| Nordic APIs
Ever wonder how businesses work? What goes on behind-the-scenes? How Google makes money? Every business follows a certain style of business model. Read on.| StartupTalky
With a new public access memo and federal agency policies due, Angela Cochran revisits her 2013 post exploring what Federally Funded means.| The Scholarly Kitchen
What are the new directions in scholarly publishing? Check out the unique "reverse roundtable" discussions at SSP's New Directions seminar!| The Scholarly Kitchen
The Reuters Institute published their 2024 Digital News Report. It’s a great resource. Today I want to use it as an occasion to talk about some structural considerations. To anyone who has be…| The Waving Cat
In this interview, we talk to change management expert Charlotte Talmage about how scholarly publishers and societies can more effectively manage change.| Clarke & Esposito
“Cravath To A Million Squillion!”| Adam Smith, Esq.
Two of the highly valued startups currently, Uber and AirBnB are platforms that turn highly underutilized assets into monetization opportunities for ‘sellers’. For example, take the cas…| Disruption Observer
When a new technology enabler arrives, entrepreneurs try to build businesses around it. And numbers of new startups really explode when the new technology enabler is sufficiently distributed to cus…| Disruption Observer
When looking for new business opportunities or new investment opportunities in startups, it is useful to think about the customer and the barriers they face with existing products and services (let…| Disruption Observer
By now, the statement ‘Data is the new oil’ has become a cliché. Amin Vahdat of Google said this, “The amount of bandwidth that we have to deliver to our servers is outpacing even Moore’…| Disruption Observer
If you’ve been following me for a while, you’ll know that I love doing live events… And after many years of doing very few live events… In 2022 I did a tonne of live events, and this while I’ve scaled back a little this year, live/virutal events are still something we do every few months. […]| Dan Lok
Over the last few years it’s become popular to suggest that open source maintainers should be paid. There are a couple of stated motivations for this, one being that it would improve the security and reliability of the ecosystem (pioneered by several companies like Tidelift) and the others contending that it would be a solution to the maintainer burnout and finally that it would solve the open source free rider problem. The purpose of this blog is to examine each of these in turn to seein...| James Bottomley's random Pages
The vast majority of people who get payday loans are employed. Here's where they work.| Priceonomics
Analyzing the reasons why people get payday loans.| Priceonomics
Bootcamp graduates are generally pretty satisfied (unless they end up unemployed or in non-technical roles afterwards).| Priceonomics
In this article, we’ll look at job applications. Are people looking for work currently or still shying away from employment due to the virus?| Priceonomics
Quantifying the devastating impact of COVID-19 on the hourly job market.| Priceonomics
Much of the media hype around blockchain has simmered, but the enterprise is still interested.| Priceonomics
Higher speeds, lower latency, massive device proliferation, and customized networks. Here's what's coming with 5G.| Priceonomics
Some incumbents are poor defenders against disruptive threats by new entrants. As a result when the opportunity arrives they are excellent targets for disruption. Four main categories come to mind:…| Disruption Observer