Technology Review's Jason Pontin: Apps are Waste of Resources

June 19, 2012

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Journalism’s business model is broken. This we know. What we don’t know, however, are ways of repairing it. MIT’s Technology Review is taking some stabs. First, it’s following in the footsteps of the Financial Times and stepping away from the app economy that publishers are diving into. Second, it’s experimenting with different modes of revenue that actually work as a two-way street between outlet and reader. The decisions for these moves did not come lightly, as we learned by talking with Technology Review’s editor-in-chief and publisher, Jason Pontin....

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