http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2009/02/10/paying-for-the-news-a-link-a-thon/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2009/02/10/paying-for-the-news-a-link-a-thon/comment-page-1/#comment-380496 Favourite posts: The future of the magazine/newspaper Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:43:33 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=4251#comment-380496 [...] There isn’t a single stand-out post here, but the debate is fiery and very important. Time published an article by Walter Isaacson called How to Save Your Newspaper, which focused on micropayments (or the "iTunes model") as a way to fund news reporting. Several experts strongly agreed or disagreed, including Clay Shirky, Techdirt, Paid Content, and the NYT (a fuller list of posts has been compiled by Matthew Ingram). [...] [...] There isn’t a single stand-out post here, but the debate is fiery and very important. Time published an article by Walter Isaacson called How to Save Your Newspaper, which focused on micropayments (or the “iTunes model”) as a way to fund news reporting. Several experts strongly agreed or disagreed, including Clay Shirky, Techdirt, Paid Content, and the NYT (a fuller list of posts has been compiled by Matthew Ingram). [...]

]]> http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2009/02/10/paying-for-the-news-a-link-a-thon/comment-page-1/#comment-355753 Questions over who would be willing to pay for online news « Reportr.net Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:37:52 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=4251#comment-355753 [...] question of charging for news online is hotly debated but the recession has given added impetus to the search to monetise content given away from free [...] [...] question of charging for news online is hotly debated but the recession has given added impetus to the search to monetise content given away from free [...]

]]> http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2009/02/10/paying-for-the-news-a-link-a-thon/comment-page-1/#comment-346152 Aika paha » Raha ei palaa kuin kartellilla Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:06:26 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=4251#comment-346152 [...] Bjon viittaa Timen entisen päätoimittajan Walter Isaacsonin kirjoitukseen, jossa tämä ehdottaa iTunesin kaltaista sovellusta uutisten ostamiseen verkosta. Saman ajatuksen on esittänyt moni muukin. [...] [...] Bjon viittaa Timen entisen päätoimittajan Walter Isaacsonin kirjoitukseen, jossa tämä ehdottaa iTunesin kaltaista sovellusta uutisten ostamiseen verkosta. Saman ajatuksen on esittänyt moni muukin. [...]

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]]> http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2009/02/10/paying-for-the-news-a-link-a-thon/comment-page-1/#comment-345741 Gordon Whiting Sat, 21 Feb 2009 07:36:31 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=4251#comment-345741 In the Internet Age we do not need hundreds upon hundreds of newspaper sites. But we DO need as many good news sources as possible, and they need revenue to thrive. Facebook, Digg, Newsvine, and any other good social site can be organized to "retail" the news, and the value add of user-selected, user-commented/mediated news stories is worth paying for. And you won't have to cajole or beg anyone to believe it, it will just feel natural. Of course, you can't have bad design-- micropayments have to be ultra-low friction and no hassle. The wholesale / retail model of news (NY Times=wholesale, Facebook=retail) is the next step. In the Internet Age we do not need hundreds upon hundreds of newspaper sites. But we DO need as many good news sources as possible, and they need revenue to thrive. Facebook, Digg, Newsvine, and any other good social site can be organized to “retail” the news, and the value add of user-selected, user-commented/mediated news stories is worth paying for. And you won't have to cajole or beg anyone to believe it, it will just feel natural. Of course, you can't have bad design– micropayments have to be ultra-low friction and no hassle. The wholesale / retail model of news (NY Times=wholesale, Facebook=retail) is the next step.

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