Washington Post Should Know Paywall Not Enough

By Tien Tzuo, CEO   The Washington Post, one of the last holdouts of the old free model, has announced the likelihood of putting their content behind a paywall. But the Washington Post, as it unveils its paywall in 2013, would do well to learn the lessons of Variety magazine. A paywall does not equate […]

Pandora & Subscriptions: Should’ve, Would’ve, Could’ve

By Tien Tzuo, CEO   Pandora has had a rough quarter. The popular music streaming service has seen its finances dissected across business journals, its business model questioned, and a very public campaign to amend copyright law mocked by recording artists.   Many believe that the solution to Pandora’s problems is to fight to lower […]

E-Commerce Service Shoedazzle Leaves Subscription Model, Regrets Move

by Brian Bell, CMO   In her post titled “Subscription e-commerce starts to go out of style” Upstart Business Journal writer Amora McDaniel suggests that with Shoedazzle’s decline, the strength of the entire e-commerce model is now in question. But Ms. McDaniel’s post is lacking in context– both of the greater e-commerce world and the […]