News Organizations That Haven’t Learned To Share

Colombia Journalism Review - on 7/3/12
The Economist Loading... does not let users of its free app share news items via e-mail, LinkedIn Loading... , Twitter Loading... , Facebook Loading... , or anything else. An Economist representative told me over the phone that paid app users are permitted to share content, and that’s good, but the purpose of their free content is to lure payers, no? The Economist website allows users to share. Read more

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The Economist does not let users of its free app share news items via e-mail, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, or anything else. An Economist representative told me over the phone that paid app users are permitted to share content, and that’s good, but the purpose of their free content is to lure payers, no? The Economist website allows users to share.

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