Brand: new york times

New York Times with MyTimes make it possible not only to personalize the New York Times, but even to add external sources. Thus personal news brands further develop. Now we personalize content. Later New York Times look over our shoulder to see what we find interesting. First, they will look at how long you watch a web page, based on the time between clicks, later they will use eye-tracking (are you really looking at the content, or are you distracted by a banner or a phone call, or are you not at your computer any more), and even later NY Times will ‘read’ the emotions off your face. Brands will get better and better in selecting text, audio or video content we are interested in. This however goes step by step.

The New York Times archives until 1988 have recently become freely accessible (sc, Dutch). In the economy developing now, the experience economy, information is free. Everything that is general will be freely accessible for anyone, anywhere in the world, and in all possible languages. The art won’t be to gather more information, but to select the right information for the individual, and through that reduce the ‘information stress’ to a minimum. An art personal brands will understand very well, and for which people will be more than willing to pay.