A Heartbreaking ∞ of Staggering Genius

• NYT Mag editor Gerry Marzorati on the future of long-form narrative –
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• Five tips on charging for content from Alan Murray of WSJ.com (Nieman Journalism Lab) – 1. The best model is a mix of paid and free content. 2. You can’t charge for exclusives that will just be repeated elsewhere. 3. Don’t charge for the most popular content on your site. 4. Content behind a pay wall should appeal to niches. 5. The narrower the niche, perhaps the better.
• Sasha Frere-Jones kirjoittaa U2:n suosion luonteesta – Yes, the band’s most famous member is the least technically gifted, and the most influential, the guitarist David Evans, a.k.a. the Edge, is the least likely to pipe up in public. For all his limitations—he’s one of the last vocalists you can imagine making a solo record—Bono is the only singer who could possibly make U2’s music succeed. The band has done relatively few cover versions, a tacit acknowledgment that its gift is peculiar and limited, despite its potency. Bono’s voice can sound strained fairly quickly and isn’t in the same league of instruments as that of Michael Stipe or Robert Plant, men with rich, deeply textured voices. Bono’s gift is the ability to sound utterly immersed in and committed to whatever his band is proposing. He backs down from nothing that the band starts. That is how the band has held its place while teetering for decades on the cusp between self-righteous (perhaps the most common insult hurled at it, and at Bono) and euphoric.
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