On Digital Media

In this episode, John Federico (twitter: @gadgetboy), Chia-Lin Simmons (twitter: @zeropts), Ken Gellman (twitter: @kengellman) and Craig Calder (twitter:@ccalder) discuss their predictions for 2009. Topics include: Craig is going to the PhocusWright Conference November 17th through the 19th Ken is now living in the Boston area and looking for a new gig WSJ is going to start charging for mobile access to subscription content. There will be discounts for current subscribers. Do the math: based on current pricing, the WSJ iPhone app is just as valuable as the print subscription. Is this the beginning of the age of a Platform-agnostic news organization “The newspaper industry has been in decline for 50 years. They just didn’t know it.” 24% of newspapers are ignoring the digital channel for distributing content Business Week had 93 suitors at one point - only half are still interested in purchasing the publication. “The brand means nothing if the business is dying.” The Kindle version of Dan Brown’s new