Blake's Media and Society Blog

The Guardian has found a way to make money without having to charge people for their news. The Guardian has always been known for free news. They do ask for one time donations or for an ad-free experience by paying a fee. I think it's very cool to see a company that was struggling to stay afloat is now making money. They have 365,000 recurring contributors and aim to have up to 2 million within the next 3 years. The Guardian releases their news every day at 3:00 a.m. London time. The slider tool is very cool to me. It moves the article along with you so you know exactly how much longer you have left in the article. People know when they are done and if they have to get more news than they can go to the other guardian app. The constant updates on the app are gonna ensure people are always getting the freshest news as possible. I know people want their news as soon as they can and people read the news at different times. For The Guardian to have an app that constantly is reporting

I found it very interesting and it is cool to see how the whole world has changed. What once looked like it could never happen is now how most people consume information. It is very cool to see the development and growth before the IPad. Fidler was ahead of his time and started to begin the transformation of the new form of how printing and information are given and received. He started the tablet newspaper 5 years before the IPad was even made. It is weird to even think of a world where technology like that isn't automatically at your fingertips. I know people went on with a lot less for a very long time but in a generation that we live in it is weird to think of Fidler creating something before it really was acceptable. I find it very interesting to see how some newspapers and other companies did not use the eMprint format. You would think if it was successful that you would see a lot of companies trying to use the things that were given. Tablet media for the future involves so m