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The Economist's global rip off
Introducing The Economad Index
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Hal Crawford
The Economist's digital pricing regime defies economics
The same kind of analysis that has seen The Economist rank nations by the cost of Big Mac burgers shows that publication itself varies by more than 300…
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Hal Crawford
Search is going down
I'm using Google search a lot less these days
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Hal Crawford
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Micropayments: The news idea that won't die
It seems a very sensible idea: paying only for the news you read, article by article. But the glorious dawn of micropayments has faded time after time…
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Hal Crawford
Open society on death row
News armageddon is easy to imagine
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Hal Crawford
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Rebirthing Media Watch
Keeping more bastards honest
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Hal Crawford
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Death of a newsroom
If only Newshub's closure was mismanagement
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Hal Crawford
Why I went missing ...
A journey into crypto weirdness
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Hal Crawford
AI as news interface
Conversation with a knowledgeable friend
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Hal Crawford
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Reading is the fastest way to get news
Data from the new Australian Digital News Report shows that most people prefer to get their digital news in text format. This won't surprise anyone who…
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Hal Crawford
AI versus the human brain
It's a complete walkover
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Hal Crawford
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"This is our last day together"
What GPT-4o’s safety report card tells us about the future
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Hal Crawford
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