New Players, New Priorities — Part 3: It’s Never About the Money; It’s Always About the Money « The Scholarly Kitchen

"In the first part of this three-part series, I discussed the intrusions of governments in scientific publishing, and how their leverage, incipient politics and bureaucracies, and concentration of power all create problems for scientific publishing as they become more entrenched. Yesterday, I discussed how funders are exerting power over scientific publishing policies and practices. Today, I’ll examine the tool both are using to get their way — money. Issues include how it’s used when not wielded by the actual users of the scientific literature; what it is buying; trade-offs and constraints; and whether there is enough of it around to sustain what some envision as a new way to publish scientific information..."