Dr. Faust called edX a startup "in every sense of the word, " adding that the site is searching for its business model, which could involve licensing course content and charging for certain offerings, such as executive business courses.
Agencies that thrive will get creative on charging for making content-rich, interactive ads, and charging for that service.
Kevin Ward said his personal view was that within five years most newspapers would be charging for content online.
But some analysts point out that the WSJ offers specialist content, and that charging for general news is a different business model.
As digital companies begin charging for content, they are met in the middle by old-media companies looking for ways to charge for what they produce.
The company is clearly motivated to improve its streaming content as it is charging separately for it and wants to use it as one of the methods to stem pay-TV subscriber losses.
The company is doing amazing things in peer to peer gaming, content distribution, wireless charging for electric cars, cell phone remote controls, direct sunlight viewable screens, and extremely high speed wireless radios.
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The tablet-style devices play a role in the debate about charging for electronic content.
Whoever runs the dominant operating system of the future becomes the gatekeeper to content and software services, charging commissions or netting advertising dollars.
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With Mobile High-definition Link (MHL), users can play games or display smartphone content on the MT93 while charging their mobile devices at the same time.
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Recently, Rupert Murdoch, the chairman of News International's parent company News Corporation, said it would begin charging for online news content.
Hyper-serving a particular audience with very focused unbundled channels of content that they love, and charging an a la carte price per channel.
So, the money is made from charging advertisers to promote content.
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Apple's iPhone is the first reader-friendly mobile phone, and the latest update to its software, due shortly, will enable news providers that currently give away content on the iPhone to start charging for it.
SharePortGo II also features a USB port and SD card slot for sharing content from a storage device or charging smartphones and tablets, as well as an Ethernet port that enables users to easily connect to an existing network in a conference room or hotel room.
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Rather than charging top euro for delicious content, pay-TV distributors are trying to hook Germans on technology.
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The All-in-One Mobile Companion features a USB port for sharing content from a USB storage device or charging smartphones, as well as an Ethernet Port that enables users to easily connect to an existing network in a conference room or hotel room.
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But ubiquity rules: Adobe is giving away basic versions of both AIR and Flex, charging only the pros who create the content with Flex.
Traditional cable service is based on charging based on the perceived value of content HBO costs a lot more than C-SPAN even though they may consume identical amounts of bandwidth.
He notes that the company is starting to take heat from studio execs, who want to start charging the company more for access to their content.
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Additionally, the chargers offer retailers the ability to develop coordinated campaigns to display relevant content and promotions, extending the consumer experience from the charging station into their business.
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The music industry provides a salutary lesson in the dangers of building a business around charging too much for too-large bundles of content (in its case, CD albums).
The online editions of several newspapers, such as the New York Times, and other content sites, such as TheStreet.com, started off charging subscriptions, but most have deserted that model.
While the Times will begin charging some web users next month, the other papers mentioned above currently give away their content for free on the web.
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