Even if you had no other network than 3G, it's affordable. But the places most people spend most of their time, the workplace or home, are easily equipped with…

I know what... track down the culprit's physical address, and sign it up to as many snail-mail catalogs as possible.

Also, they've been selling subscription services for at least 20 years, probably longer, over services such as Dialog, Newsedge and Telerate. (The latter was owned by Dow Jones). I worked in that…

It takes effort to build a community that moderates itself but there are other ways to contribute/get buy-in than money.

Regardless, everyone being able to view comments if not make them would help get broadest engagement, search hits, etc. Your venture deserves that.

Isn't that precisely what we do with dead tree publications and pay TV?

We follow a media entity due to the set of values we share with the authors and those are values we want to promote to others. The…

The first thing you need to know about a website is the unique visitors and the bounce rate, they go hand in hand. The single visitor figure is a wild figure,…

To be honest, I assumed they were wedded to it because no-one can show it doesn't work.

Yes despite online's better measurability, so little ad spend is going there in NZ. Media agencies seem to be wedded to the old even though they can't show it works.

Moving towards having a decent amp and speakers and relying on you to plug your own mobile device into them as a controller?

That's basically how Flattr works — except with Flattr you allocate some of your monthly…

Next you'll…

Which also applies to FM. I don't think I've ever managed to hear BaseFM without the internet yet.

But yes, on road trips, I might have to resort to the 600 hours worth of music on my SD card.…

Yeah, this is the only way it can work, because a hundred sites will carry the same news…

It's also impossible. Any selection of presented facts will be biased, through the selection of those facts, the tone of the presentation, the choice of voices, etc.

This…

Stream-ripping. I think I'd object to this on the basis that it would serve to validate the copyright owners' perpetual belief that people actually bother doing this :-)

To an extent, there is already something just like that. It’s called … MySky.

Sky carries the two Radio NZ stations, Kiwi and Tahu FM. You can record them, although…

isn't that basically podcasting?

I realise that some radio stations have 'listen back' options at their websites but I'm thinking more of a 'radio box' where you could set it to record particular…

You forget, Russell, that the bulk of news media is not there for the public good, as…

It is the payment method has always struck me as clunky on practically every media site I have…

The problem (which is why…

A better place because otherwise you’d be out on the streets fomenting something?

I found this to be an interesting and thought provoking piece ... until I read this bit. Then I fell over laughing and hurt my…

I strongly agree.

Of course. I am very proud of the photographers :-)

Photographers too, and we thank you.

As a publisher, it’s interesting watching how things are developing in media. Television, which used to be free to consume, is increasingly becoming subscription based. Radio may not be far behind.

Print, on the other hand, is moving (somewhat) from subscription to free and the internet is moving from…

I expect subscriber revenue to become increasingly important for big media organisations, but there's a basic conflict with public-interest goals in restricting access to the work produced. That's not to say it's wrong --…