http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/14/the-shrinking-newsholes-online-edition/ Canada's only national weekly current affairs magazine. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:58:47 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/14/the-shrinking-newsholes-online-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-81261 Helmsley Media » Blog Archive » Save The Newspapers… With A Tax Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:29:00 +0000 http://blog.macleans.ca/?p=24262#comment-81261 [...] came across a Maclean’s article where the author advocates a tariff or royalty model where the ISPs be taxed for the [...] [...] came across a Maclean’s article where the author advocates a tariff or royalty model where the ISPs be taxed for the [...]

]]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/14/the-shrinking-newsholes-online-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-80174 Taxing ISPs to Prop Up Failing Newspapers? - A different tax on your bill for each collapsing industry… | Voip Blog Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:11:28 +0000 http://blog.macleans.ca/?p=24262#comment-80174 [...] business models to start putting their hand out. Canadian website Macleans recently published an article suggesting that because it’s getting harder to make money in the news business, failing [...] [...] business models to start putting their hand out. Canadian website Macleans recently published an article suggesting that because it’s getting harder to make money in the news business, failing [...]

]]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/14/the-shrinking-newsholes-online-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-80033 Taxing ISPs To Fund Newspapers? | The-Informer Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:08:49 +0000 http://blog.macleans.ca/?p=24262#comment-80033 [...] (the same magazine that once told us that the internet and blogging sucked) where the concept of taxing ISPs to pay for online media publications is apparently seriously suggested. It appears to be an adjustment on the already ridiculous [...] [...] (the same magazine that once told us that the internet and blogging sucked) where the concept of taxing ISPs to pay for online media publications is apparently seriously suggested. It appears to be an adjustment on the already ridiculous [...]

]]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/14/the-shrinking-newsholes-online-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-73659 Notes from a Teacher - Wednesday squibs (snow edition) Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:50:21 +0000 http://blog.macleans.ca/?p=24262#comment-73659 [...] The shrinking newsholes: Online edition. Andrew Potter at McLean’s Online with the latest doofy idea for “saving media” — a tax on ISPs that would be collected for the media companies. Includes this bit of nonsense: “The problem is that no one is making money, not print, not online, not new media, not social networking sites. No one.” Ah, Andrew? Print still makes money. Just not as much. [...] [...] The shrinking newsholes: Online edition. Andrew Potter at McLean’s Online with the latest doofy idea for “saving media” — a tax on ISPs that would be collected for the media companies. Includes this bit of nonsense: “The problem is that no one is making money, not print, not online, not new media, not social networking sites. No one.” Ah, Andrew? Print still makes money. Just not as much. [...]

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