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Originally Posted by Rob Lister
I don't currently subscribe to any news service but that's mostly because there is no single news service I read thoroughly or regularly enough to make it worthwhile.
I'm not idealistically against paywalls--they deserve to get paid for what they do--but I'm not going to subscribe to many-multiple services, which is what I'd have to do to get the news the way I want.
If someone comes up with a paywall business model that actually fits my consumption profile, I'd probably subscribe to it.
A bundling service perhaps. If someone were to provide a service that allowed me full access 10 or 20 new sources of my choice at a reasonable price, I pull out my credit card.
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The tide is going out on the News Print Business. Sure there will be people that want to subscribe to some of the big print papers like they used to be, but not enough to support those giant newsrooms. The print dailies will have to decrease in size and scope as well as go on line, and find free or cheap bloggers, or try to find generous
Billionaires willing to carry the load (the constant losses.)
We will have some smaller (2 or 3 times a week) print locals and regionals.