Question

The answers should be at least 4-5 sentences please.

Q1a. Why does the NY Times website limit you to 10 articles per month?

Q1b. Why does the Wall Street Journal website limit you to the FIRST paragraph of each article?

Q1c. The NY Daily News does NOT limit you in anyway. How does the NY Daily News make money fromits website?

Q1d. Since most news is available via the INTERNET, why are there printed newspapers anymore?

Q2. What is Twitter? Has Twitter turned a profit? What is its market capitalization? Please define market capitalization. Why do people use Twitter?

Q3. During the revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya; the government shut down radio and TV stations. They tried to control the Internet. Which websites were used by dissidents to mount their protests?

Q4. Do a little research. In the past, China has tried to muzzle Google. What did Google do to enrage the Chinese government? Can a user in China do a Google search?

Q5. Research Alibaba. What is Alibaba? Is it the same as Amazon? How is it different than Amazon?

Answer 1

Q1a. Why does the NY Times website limit you to 10 articles per month?

Ans: According to the Bloomberg report, the main aim of The New York Times Co. try to increase its paid subscribers because demand for journalism is “at an all-time high.” so the journal used to offers to the readers 10 articles free access per month (before 2012). But The New York Times reduces free articles limit from 10 to 5 per month in December 2017. Recently The NY Times announced that for the first year the cheapest subscription is $10 a month if you’re a new subscriber, which also allow you to unlimited access to digital articles and NYT apps.

Q1b. Why does the Wall Street Journal website limit you to the FIRST paragraph of each article?
Ans: The Wall Street Journal website will allow you to view news headlines and also limited you to a few first paragraphs of each article if you are a non-subscriber or if you haven’t paid for access to the Service in connection with your subscription.

Q1c. The NY Daily News does NOT limit you in anyway. How does the NY Daily News make money fromits website?

Ans: By the increasing number of online advertising, advertising is the main source of revenue for most news websites. If you get attractive ads that needed by your traffic and your visitor visit ads company site from your site then the company will pay to you. Internet marketing works the same way unless you have the exposure you are like a fish out of water.

Q1d. Since most news is available via the INTERNET, why are there printed newspapers anymore?

Ans: As long as there are people who derive satisfaction from certain connections to the written work newspapers and books there will be a market for printed newspapers as well.  There are many people who are comfortable in touching the newspaper to read an interesting story without the interruption of an online ad or promotion. Most of the internet available news like in social media news are not legitimate. So the printed newspapers will continue even if we are leaving on the internet world.

Q2. What is Twitter? Has Twitter turned a profit? What is its market capitalization? Please define market capitalization. Why do people use Twitter?

Ans: Twitter is an American online news and social networking service like Facebook, users interact with each other by posting the message known as tweets. the main profit source of Twitter is advertising(earn 86% revenue). Market capitalization is to the total value of all a company's shares of stock which is also known as the Market cap.  twitter connect the people with the same interest and allow the registered users to post, and send short messages(140 characters).

Q3. During the revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya; the government shut down radio and TV stations. They tried to control the Internet. Which websites were used by dissidents to mount their protests?

Ans: In July 2012 a report was published by the United States Institute of Peace based on an extensive content analysis of bit.ly links from the uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Bahrain. Bit.ly links, or short URLs, are predominantly used in social media such as Twitter.

Q4. Do a little research. In the past, China has tried to muzzle Google. What did Google do to enrage the Chinese government? Can a user in China do a Google search?

Ans: Google effectively shut down its Chinese operations after it discovered a cyber attack from within the country. After the investigation, the mail account of Chinese people had been hacked. China has strict censorship policies of google search so Google China is a subsidiary of Google.

Q5. Research Alibaba. What is Alibaba? Is it the same as Amazon? How is it different than Amazon?

Ans: Taobao is Alibaba Group's largest business. Alibaba Group's is not just an eCommerce website, it's an internet group with business interests in social, eCommerce, etc. The problem of the Alibaba nowadays is that uncontrolled numbers of traders and resellers. Therefore it's leading the increasing number of scams and frauds. Alibaba isn’t involved in direct sales and does not own any warehouses like Amazon. They simply help small businesses and branded manufacturers reach to consumers but amazon exercises control over customer experience.