Comments on: Rupert Murdoch: NM on That Free News Thing

By: T Bareham

T Bareham — Tue, 19 May 2009 19:54:03 +0000

subscription content viability depends largely on what the content is, how freely available alternative sources of information are and how authoritive the content is.

would i pay for a subscription paper online? absolutely not.

By: Frank Reed

Frank Reed — Mon, 11 May 2009 11:20:55 +0000

With a property like the WSJ they can keep a paid model. In fact, I think it will save readers. I personally am going to stop receiving the printed version but will be paying for the online version of the paper. Would I do it for my local newspaper the Raleigh news and observer? Absolutely not. No real value. Frank Reed's last blog post..Planning + Internet Marketing = Control

By: Reuben Timothy Gomez

Reuben Timothy Gomez — Mon, 11 May 2009 10:19:09 +0000

People want to make their subscription valuable, and can be golden and more effective.

By: David Smith (INSPORT)

David Smith (INSPORT) — Sun, 10 May 2009 18:21:28 +0000

Someone somewhere has to pay for the content. We supply pictures to all newspapers, we can not produce them free of charge, like every one in this world we work for a living. when we can get our shopping free we may allow our pictures to be used free.
As the man say’s the current thinking that the internet is free is nearing an end, it is only the print editions of the newspapers that generate any income, most online operate at a loss and are just there as a business card. You pay for a TV license why should you expect to take news content for free just like the parasite Google does.

By: Ben Franklin

Ben Franklin — Fri, 08 May 2009 18:05:08 +0000

May be viable, but I don’t foresee paying for it.

By: Jayson

Jayson — Fri, 08 May 2009 08:03:56 +0000

Yeah, it’s easily possible. People are willing to pay for a value; all they have to do is make their subscription valuable, and they’re golden.

I don’t pay for any of their subscriptions, but I’ve also never heard a reason for why I should.

By: Claudia Sommer

Claudia Sommer — Fri, 08 May 2009 06:29:11 +0000

I don't think, that a subscription model content is viable in this days. Corps. Which will run this strategy will be left behind. We are living in a sharing economy and everybody has to re-think business models and invent new ones. Claudia Sommer's last blog post..links for 2009-05-07