Comments on: It May Be Free, But It's Sure As Hell Underwritten http://battellemedia.com/archives/2009/06/it_may_be_free_but_its_sure_as_hell_underwritten.php?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=it_may_be_free_but_its_sure_as_hell_underwritten Thoughts on the intersection of search, media, technology, and more. Thu, 16 May 2013 04:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Eric Etheridge http://battellemedia.com/archives/2009/06/it_may_be_free_but_its_sure_as_hell_underwritten.php#comment-4082 Eric Etheridge Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:20:57 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2009/06/it_may_be_free_but_its_sure_as_hell_underwritten.php#comment-4082 <p>"Free, of course, doesn't come without a business model."</p> <p>Uh, isn't the whole point of Anderson's book how to make a business model out of free? </p> <p>Here he is back in September last year laying out his three models of free, where #2 is "the media business model, ranging from free-to-air broadcast radio and television to all ad-supported content online today"</p> <p><a href="http://www.longtail.com/the_long_tail/2008/09/the-three-kinds.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.longtail.com/the_long_tail/2008/09/the-three-kinds.html</a></p> “Free, of course, doesn’t come without a business model.”

Uh, isn’t the whole point of Anderson’s book how to make a business model out of free?

Here he is back in September last year laying out his three models of free, where #2 is “the media business model, ranging from free-to-air broadcast radio and television to all ad-supported content online today”

http://www.longtail.com/the_long_tail/2008/09/the-three-kinds.html

]]> By: Matt Rod http://battellemedia.com/archives/2009/06/it_may_be_free_but_its_sure_as_hell_underwritten.php#comment-4081 Matt Rod Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:04:51 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2009/06/it_may_be_free_but_its_sure_as_hell_underwritten.php#comment-4081 <p>This is quite amusing ... (!)</p> This is quite amusing … (!)

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