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Welcome to Fairfax Underground, a project site designed to improve communication among residents of Fairfax County, VA. Feel free to post anything Northern Virginia residents would find interesting.
Lessons in Pay Content: Newsday and its 35 Online Subscribers
Posted by:
WashingTone-Locian
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Date: January 26, 2010 04:13PM
For those idiots who think the public will pay for online content...
http://www.observer.com/2010/media/after-three-months-only-35-subscriptions-newsdays-web-site
Here's what's going to happen. A good chunk of newspapers are going to go out of business. Sorry. But that's the way it is. As that happens, online advertisers will gradually spend more on sites that generate eyeballs. The newspaper business needs to get over this. It's reality. Most of the papers in your industry are fucked.
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http://bible.cc/1_corinthians/13-11.htm
http://www.observer.com/2010/media/after-three-months-only-35-subscriptions-newsdays-web-site
Here's what's going to happen. A good chunk of newspapers are going to go out of business. Sorry. But that's the way it is. As that happens, online advertisers will gradually spend more on sites that generate eyeballs. The newspaper business needs to get over this. It's reality. Most of the papers in your industry are fucked.
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http://bible.cc/1_corinthians/13-11.htm
Re: Lessons in Pay Content: Newsday and its 35 Online Subscribers
Posted by:
eesh
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Date: January 26, 2010 04:39PM
It is an idiotic decision. No way this pay for content will work in the end. Too many people view the internet as a source of free information.
This will backfire in the end.
Blessed are the murderous.
This will backfire in the end.
Blessed are the murderous.
Re: Lessons in Pay Content: Newsday and its 35 Online Subscribers
Posted by:
WashingTone-Locian
()
Date: January 26, 2010 04:43PM
eesh Wrote:
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> It is an idiotic decision. No way this pay for
> content will work in the end. Too many people view
> the internet as a source of free information.
>
> This will backfire in the end.
Newsday was stupid to take the plunge in the first place. Only a handful of publications might be able to get away with paid content. Shitty Newsday certainly isn't one of them.
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http://bible.cc/1_corinthians/13-11.htm
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> It is an idiotic decision. No way this pay for
> content will work in the end. Too many people view
> the internet as a source of free information.
>
> This will backfire in the end.
Newsday was stupid to take the plunge in the first place. Only a handful of publications might be able to get away with paid content. Shitty Newsday certainly isn't one of them.
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http://bible.cc/1_corinthians/13-11.htm
Re: Lessons in Pay Content: Newsday and its 35 Online Subscribers
Posted by:
eesh
()
Date: January 26, 2010 04:47PM
I think magazine subscriptions are the only ones that could pull this off. For every site that requires a fee, a few free sites will pop up to replace the paid content.
Blessed are the murderous.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/26/2010 04:47PM by eesh.
Blessed are the murderous.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/26/2010 04:47PM by eesh.
Re: Lessons in Pay Content: Newsday and its 35 Online Subscribers
Posted by:
fukdeezfees
()
Date: January 26, 2010 04:50PM
WashingTone-Locian Wrote:
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> eesh Wrote:
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> -----
> > It is an idiotic decision. No way this pay for
> > content will work in the end. Too many people
> view
> > the internet as a source of free information.
> >
> > This will backfire in the end.
>
>
> Newsday was stupid to take the plunge in the first
> place. Only a handful of publications might be
> able to get away with paid content.
Like The New York Times.
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> eesh Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > It is an idiotic decision. No way this pay for
> > content will work in the end. Too many people
> view
> > the internet as a source of free information.
> >
> > This will backfire in the end.
>
>
> Newsday was stupid to take the plunge in the first
> place. Only a handful of publications might be
> able to get away with paid content.
Like The New York Times.
Re: Lessons in Pay Content: Newsday and its 35 Online Subscribers
Posted by:
Gravis
()
Date: January 26, 2010 06:06PM
Quote
After Three Months, Only 35 Subscriptions for Newsday's Web Site
LOL pwn3d.
"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."
Re: Lessons in Pay Content: Newsday and its 35 Online Subscribers
Posted by:
trogdor!
()
Date: January 26, 2010 07:36PM
I can't wait until the NY Times crashes and burns. This is awesome. Rupert Murdocks' Financial Times is destined for the same fate. Raising your prices in a depression sounds like a bad idea.
Re: Lessons in Pay Content: Newsday and its 35 Online Subscribers
Posted by:
haha
()
Date: January 26, 2010 07:37PM
Gravis Wrote:
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> After Three Months, Only 35 Subscriptions for
> Newsday's Web Site
>
> LOL pwn3d.
I hope this is the litmus test for things to come. These fuckers think just because they have lost circulation they have a right to screw us via the internet...fuck that! Use more banner ads or whatever on your content site and leave it at that. Or go the ESPN route: have free broadcasts of games, video, and story recap highlights, but charge the $2 dollars for in depth articles, opinion pieces, and other content.
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> After Three Months, Only 35 Subscriptions for
> Newsday's Web Site
>
> LOL pwn3d.
I hope this is the litmus test for things to come. These fuckers think just because they have lost circulation they have a right to screw us via the internet...fuck that! Use more banner ads or whatever on your content site and leave it at that. Or go the ESPN route: have free broadcasts of games, video, and story recap highlights, but charge the $2 dollars for in depth articles, opinion pieces, and other content.