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Originally Posted by ficbot
We have a free commuter newspaper here in paper---so if internet 'news' became a paywall, I could just get it for free in print. They pay for the paper based on advertising dollars. With nearly every subway commuter picking up a copy, it's a pretty good market.
I am not averse to paying for more in-depth, magazine-type packages. But for just general 'news' like who won which Olympic medals or local event-type stories, I really can't see any incentive to pay when I can get it for free, and not just on-line.
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So have we. And it has some nice little stories but hardly any in-depth. You'll have to buy a "real" newspaper for that. So, it already works for paper, why shouldn't it work for internet?
I will never pay for the global news, but I would pay for in-depth stories. Behind the scenes, background information...
And what's wrong with citizen's journalism? Who cares if they pick out keywords from a free short news item? The more you spread news, the better.
And what does this shilling mean?