Boston Globe wants to be paid
Now that Rupert Murdoch announced all his newspaper properties are putting up a pay firewall of some sort, I advised other newspapers to follow suit. This may be happening in Boston:
“Nothing is absolute, but we are heading toward some sort of consumer pay model,” for its Web site Boston.com, Globe spokesman Bob Powers said Friday.
Powers said the newspaper had assembled a team to explore options for online charges and informed Globe unions of its intent Thursday. Charging for Web content holds risks because it can drive away users who are accustomed to browsing the site for free, and in turn can lead to a loss of online advertising.
Folks, this only works if readers and advertisers are also encouraged to move away from print. Raise prices for newsstand sales, charge more for print ads than online. But features on the Web that do NOT appear in paper. Put your comics, Dear [...]
Original post by Billy Dennis
