Frederick Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 It would appear that newspapers were waiting for the first one to make a move to charge for access to their pages on line .... Papers are bought by thousands and viewed for free by millions ..So .. the move has started to make us pay for what we read on line for free ....But ...will we pay for it ?...http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8470894.stmhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/may/07/rupert-murdoch-charging-websites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krusty Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bugsy Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just john Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 No, cause the law of the market place is that someone will offer it for free, if only google, but many will offset cost with advertising.Incidently I did this one 6 months ago! http://www.completefrance.com/cs/forums/1786710/ShowPost.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 I would never pay any Murdoch-owned websites.RegardsPickles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renaud Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just john Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 [quote user="Pickles"]I would never pay any Murdoch-owned websites.RegardsPickles[/quote]Here, Here, - though to be honest I can't imagine paying any site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzer Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 Definitely No. Apart from the drop in journalistic standards,it's seems everybody on earth wants to provide you with news-for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted January 24, 2010 Author Share Posted January 24, 2010 I put the post on after listening to a radio discussion re journalism ...and should their work be freely given ? . The arguement was they are professionals and should be properly paid for their articles .... They have a point surely given the online readership compared with the purchased number of papars ? I see a bandwagon about to roll here and all the newspapers lining up to jump on ......then what Oh yes....... the only free one left will be the Daily Mail ! That should please a few here . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianagain Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 [quote user="Frederick"]...the only free one left will be the Daily Mail ! That should please a few here .[/quote]Perish the thought! However, don't forget the BBC, one reason why the Murdoch empire gets so upset.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8227915.stmBrian(again) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunday Driver Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 [quote user="Frederick"]I put the post on after listening to a radio discussion re journalism ...and should their work be freely given ? . The arguement was they are professionals and should be properly paid for their articles .... They have a point surely given the online readership compared with the purchased number of papars ? [/quote]Don't journalists get paid for their articles by the newspaper to whom they submit them, regardless of how the newspaper chooses to publish them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted January 24, 2010 Author Share Posted January 24, 2010 [quote user="brianagain"][quote user="Frederick"]...the only free one left will be the Daily Mail ! That should please a few here .[/quote]Perish the thought! However, don't forget the BBC, one reason why the Murdoch empire gets so upset.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8227915.stmBrian(again)[/quote] That was how the radio discussion ended ......We could be left with only the BBC for on line free information . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Coeur de Lion Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 I certainly wouldn't.Many news articles are identical from website to website anyway, one will be free somewhere and they'll get increased exposure and get their money from online advertising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sid Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 I won't pay either. I agree with "Lionheart" !Sid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weedon Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 No...for all the reasons given already.You may be interested in reading this website as it is usually a light-hearted read.http://gentlemenranters.com:80/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velcorin Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Yes. Always have done. If you want, information, data, news, unfiltered by journalists and editors with their own personal bias then you have to pay, fortunately the company picks up the bills.And I will never understand why the BBC internet site is free. They are a broadcaster, where in the BBC Charter does it say that it should pay journalists and then put their articles as content on the web for viewing by the whole world for free?And why should Google think it can take other people's work for free, and make an obscene profit from advertisers on it's site, and not share that profit with the content providers. That is why the news companies are starting to charge. The only free ones left will be the loony tunes pedalling their bigotted view points. And the dear old over financed BBC[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 [quote user="velcorin"]Yes. Always have done......fortunately the company picks up the bills.[/quote]Doesn't answer the question "Will you pay for your on line news", you being the operative word [;-)]As for Google ads, well I for one never click on sponsored links, I copy the actual address of the relevent site or type it in manually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velcorin Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 I have FT Deutschland, Bloomberg, Reuters, AP, FT London. PwC and Accenture subscription services. The quality on the analysis and data is light years away from the free populist stuff. I would pay for it myself, without question. The free stuff, is to be honest, aimed at a market, a market that is by definition, a mass market, and therefore the reporting is at best populist, and at worst very so superficial, as to be misleading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyF Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 In a word, No, because, as Coeur de Lion says, many so-called news items are simply regurgitated press releases in the first place. Thankfully, as I'm retired, access to lots of news doesn't feature too highly in my list of priorities, so the BBC website (which I've already paid for via my TV licence) is fine for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickP Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Certainly not, strange isn't it? They now give their newspapers away free, but want to charge for news on the internet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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