Jennifer L. Schenker / Affair Week:
EA Leaps into Free Video Games  —  Electronic Arts aims to make money online owing to in-game ads and micro-transactions.  Will the radical new affair model glide?  —  Back in 2006, video game giant Electronic Arts (ERTS) faced a tough circumstances in South Korea, where rampant piracy was killing off retail sales of new titles.

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Matt Asay / The Open Road:
The key to making money: Charge for your manufactured goods  —  I loved this presentation by David Heinemeier Hansson of 37Signals.  His topic?  How to make money as an online software companionship.  —  His verdict?  Charge for your manufactured goods, but be careful whom you charge.  —  Chris Anderson elaborates on this theme:

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David Kaplan / paidContent:
@ Vevo Launch: Google’s Schmidt: The Music Industry Will Permanently Make Money Selling Music Online  —  The Vevo launch party has been going on for an hour and executives and stars are ready to take the stage.  I spoke briefly with Google (NSDQ: GOOG) CEO Eric Schmidt, who told me that Vevo …

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Reuters:
Microsoft’s Bing will make money: executive  —  SEATTLE (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp’s 10-month-ancient search engine Bing, which has struggled to make advance against Google, can be a viable runner-up and make money online eventually, according to one of its top executives.

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MediaGuardian / paidContent:
News Corp’s Miller: Paywalls And Free Model Can Co-Exist  —  By Jane Martinson: Jonathan Miller, head of digital media at News Corporation (NYSE: NWS), said today that “dual revenue streams” are likely to co-exist as media organisations try ways of making money online.

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