http://www.maxcutler.com/2009/12/08/new-business-models-for-news/ Dev, Tech, and Life Sat, 07 Jan 2012 09:10:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.maxcutler.com/2009/12/08/new-business-models-for-news/#comment-53 Justin Arenstein Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:00:07 +0000 http://maxcutler.com/blog/?p=234#comment-53 Hi. I don't see any exploration of the alternative economies that media companies in the developing world are using to power growth: virtual currencies, attention currencies, social gaming, etc. Look at South Africa's Naspers / Media24 (reputedly the world's 5th largest media conglomerate), & its diversification into ownership of social networking platforms + virtual currencies such as QQ / TenCent in China. Hi. I don’t see any exploration of the alternative economies that media companies in the developing world are using to power growth: virtual currencies, attention currencies, social gaming, etc. Look at South Africa’s Naspers / Media24 (reputedly the world’s 5th largest media conglomerate), & its diversification into ownership of social networking platforms + virtual currencies such as QQ / TenCent in China.

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