Seven reasons charging for content won't work « Transforming the Gaz - The Diigo Meta page

• 18 Jun 09
  

  Wendy Clark

  newspaper journalism businessmodel

• 01 Jun 09
  

  Cynthia McCune

  Taking the Tinkerbell approach to the news biz.

  future of newspapers future of news newspapers business model

  • Paid content has been tried before. One of the biggest myths of the newspaper business today was that we foolishly gave our content away early in the age of the Internet. Many newspapers were either slow to go online because of fear of cannibalization or erected pay walls. We finally got aggressive and free online because holding back our content and charging for it weren’t working.
  • This meeting is an embarrassment. Our industry fights for openness and accountability in government and we are trying to find a path for success in a digital marketplace where transparency is increasingly important. Can these people not see how foolish and hypocritical it looks to think they can huddle behind closed doors and solve our problems?
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  • • clapping our hands to save the newspaper industry, like we saved Tinkerbell at the movies when we were children, has more chance of succeeding than the paid-content-cartel approach that newspaper executives are dreaming and talking about

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