

Eric Schmidt says in general paid content plans don't work online








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Paying for content...
By ksuWildcat on 9/18/2009 10:54:32 AM , Rating: 2
Paying for content might work for some things like "insider" reports on investing or sports, but it isn't going to work for traditional news which can come from any number of sources.

RE: Paying for content...
By kattanna on 9/18/2009 12:15:33 PM , Rating: 2
agreed. and most free "news" sites aren't even worth that much, IMO.

RE: Paying for content...
By Suntan on 9/18/2009 3:17:34 PM , Rating: 2
I would say it wouldn't really hold up for a lot of "specialized" niche areas either.

For anyone with a subscription to the WSJ, feel free to post an article, written at any time, and I bet someone can find an article that tells a similar story and was released close to the same time frame on a free website.


RE: Paying for content...
By Alexstarfire on 9/21/2009 2:18:55 AM , Rating: 2
I think for certain things you're not paying so much for the news, but for the credibility of the news. Doesn't do much good to find a financial "report" if someone just made up the numbers after all.

