Newspapers are forming a national union of sorts to force readers to pay to read the news.
“Journalism Online said its technology would give publishers flexibility in how they charge for digital content, including collecting monthly subscriptions or micro-payments for individual articles. Its estimates that a website that attracts 1 million monthly visitors could reap [...]
Posts from ‘August, 2009’
Charging customers to browse?
Associated Press lays out plan to put news behind pay wall
The Associated Press has laid out a plan to put news behind a pay wall.
The confidential plan was not for distribution but was mentioned at the Nieman Lab and broadcast widely through Romenesko.
The document pointed to the success of the Wikipedia model – “standing, authoritative pages.”
The document fails to mention or acknowledge that Wikipedia [...]