tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3345962750124330515.post8203048932205710747..comments2024-03-28T05:13:45.917-04:00Comments on The Blueland Chronicle : The Slow Death of the Newspaper Industry is Still Slow and Still DeathMortimer Peacockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04624643069613171619noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3345962750124330515.post-59493996655961708202008-12-21T23:29:00.000-05:002008-12-21T23:29:00.000-05:00Not crazy at all...in fact, I think I'm convinced....Not crazy at all...in fact, I think I'm convinced.Mortimer Peacockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04624643069613171619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3345962750124330515.post-82670239440291930622008-12-20T13:13:00.000-05:002008-12-20T13:13:00.000-05:00I do think that a pay-for-content system could wor...I do think that a pay-for-content system could work as long as 1) prices were extremely low and 2) it was very easy to use.<BR/><BR/>Imagine a web version of the Easy-Pass program people use for the toll roads. If there was an industry wide standard of .02 to .05 per page view online papers like NYTimes, AJC.com and DetroitNews.com could receive some money for content that is now free.<BR/><BR/>I think the future of online publishing is "a la carte" and not "subscriptions". Frankly when it comes to the AJC I only want to pay for two things: news on local politics and beat reports on the Atlanta Thrashers. I get most of my national news from other sources. I follow the Detroit Tigers online.<BR/><BR/>Older people read papers, young people "articles" that are linked to. I just don't see young people "subscribing to the everything that is offered on AJC.com, but I can see young people paying 2 cents to read stories about UGA, Falcons, Braves, Thrashers coverage. The only website I "subscribe" to is Baseball Prospectus because its content is unique. I would happily pay to read Peter Gammons baseball column on ESPN, but I don't care about all the other stuff they roll into that "insider" subscription package and I think it is priced too high considering I only care about Gammons.<BR/><BR/>Most young people are used to e-commerce. If they had something like a paypal/easy-share account set up, I would happily click on articles that only cost pennies because even if it the story was poor I'm only out 2/5 cents. If it was widely adopted by most major papers people would make the switch.<BR/><BR/>Then again, maybe I'm crazy.The Falconerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04076370578856420134noreply@blogger.com