Comments on: FT Tilt, RIP http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2011/10/13/ft-tilt-rip/ A slice of lime in the soda Thu, 20 Jun 2013 06:01:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: wdowen http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2011/10/13/ft-tilt-rip/comment-page-1/#comment-32353 wdowen Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:01:41 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/?p=10517#comment-32353 Felix, your post has sparked off some thoughts. I've quoted you in a blog on the closure of Tilt 'a cautionary tale of product development' just published bit.ly/rWRUef Felix, your post has sparked off some thoughts. I’ve quoted you in a blog on the closure of Tilt ‘a cautionary tale of product development’ just published bit.ly/rWRUef

]]> By: PinkUn http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2011/10/13/ft-tilt-rip/comment-page-1/#comment-31820 PinkUn Fri, 14 Oct 2011 05:04:39 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/?p=10517#comment-31820 right on Felix right on Felix

]]> By: koukla http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2011/10/13/ft-tilt-rip/comment-page-1/#comment-31792 koukla Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:53:12 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/?p=10517#comment-31792 FT's mergermarket wires have made the model work. FT’s mergermarket wires have made the model work.

]]> By: nyet http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2011/10/13/ft-tilt-rip/comment-page-1/#comment-31789 nyet Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:37:31 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/?p=10517#comment-31789 I had a free account and quite enjoyed it. It got better over time, I thought the quality vector was going in the right direction. But, absolutely over priced. The suggestion of free access to subscribers is interesting. The immediate interest would have been there. I hear from journalists that FT mgmt is always scrambling to make the business work. But I have to say they have the rest of the business press beat by miles. Say what you will about the paywall, I love my FT.com sub. I had a free account and quite enjoyed it. It got better over time, I thought the quality vector was going in the right direction. But, absolutely over priced. The suggestion of free access to subscribers is interesting. The immediate interest would have been there.

I hear from journalists that FT mgmt is always scrambling to make the business work. But I have to say they have the rest of the business press beat by miles. Say what you will about the paywall, I love my FT.com sub.

]]> By: epc http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2011/10/13/ft-tilt-rip/comment-page-1/#comment-31787 epc Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:26:31 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/?p=10517#comment-31787 …as far as accessing FT Tilt (in reply to IanFraser), they must have granted a lot of free accounts, as I didn't pay anything (there were some minor parts of the site I couldn't access, but I could access almost all of the articles I was interested in). …as far as accessing FT Tilt (in reply to IanFraser), they must have granted a lot of free accounts, as I didn’t pay anything (there were some minor parts of the site I couldn’t access, but I could access almost all of the articles I was interested in).

]]> By: epc http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2011/10/13/ft-tilt-rip/comment-page-1/#comment-31785 epc Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:24:57 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/?p=10517#comment-31785 I found it difficult to get into…I rely a lot on RSS feeds to get headlines & enough of a blurb about a story to decide what to read and their RSS feed was solely heds. There was something goofy about the use of the #! AJAX URL pattern that frequently I'd click through to a story and just end up at the tile homepage. The content was frequently good, but although I pay for the FT in print & online, the pricing for tilt was far above any benefit I thought I'd get from it. I found it difficult to get into…I rely a lot on RSS feeds to get headlines & enough of a blurb about a story to decide what to read and their RSS feed was solely heds. There was something goofy about the use of the #! AJAX URL pattern that frequently I’d click through to a story and just end up at the tile homepage. The content was frequently good, but although I pay for the FT in print & online, the pricing for tilt was far above any benefit I thought I’d get from it.

]]> By: IanFraser http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2011/10/13/ft-tilt-rip/comment-page-1/#comment-31783 IanFraser Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:21:37 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/?p=10517#comment-31783 A very fair and balanced analysis, Felix. However I'd be interested to know how you were able to access FT Tilt over the past nine months given the ludicrously high paywall. Did Reuters pay for a subscription? A very fair and balanced analysis, Felix. However I’d be interested to know how you were able to access FT Tilt over the past nine months given the ludicrously high paywall. Did Reuters pay for a subscription?

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