Comments on: Why Rupert Murdoch’s corporate suicide will be great for bloggers http://thenextweb.com/2009/08/07/rupert-murdochs-corporate-suicide-great-bloggers/ International technology news, business & culture Wed, 15 Feb 2012 06:23:52 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: How Johnston Press Could Pave The Way For Paywalls | Import test http://thenextweb.com/2009/08/07/rupert-murdochs-corporate-suicide-great-bloggers/#comment-394761 How Johnston Press Could Pave The Way For Paywalls | Import test Fri, 22 Jul 2011 13:02:35 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=23034#comment-394761 [...] of sites like Twitter or blogs, such as The Next Web. Breaking news is that bit more likely to be covered by blogs (with both trained and untrained journalists), allowing them to get more traffic, not news sites [...] [...] of sites like Twitter or blogs, such as The Next Web. Breaking news is that bit more likely to be covered by blogs (with both trained and untrained journalists), allowing them to get more traffic, not news sites [...]

]]> By: How Johnston Press Could Pave The Way For Paywalls http://thenextweb.com/2009/08/07/rupert-murdochs-corporate-suicide-great-bloggers/#comment-394760 How Johnston Press Could Pave The Way For Paywalls Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:56:20 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=23034#comment-394760 [...] of sites like Twitter or blogs, such as The Next Web. Breaking news is that bit more likely to be covered by blogs (with both trained and untrained journalists), allowing them to get more traffic, not news sites [...] [...] of sites like Twitter or blogs, such as The Next Web. Breaking news is that bit more likely to be covered by blogs (with both trained and untrained journalists), allowing them to get more traffic, not news sites [...]

]]> By: Finance Geek » Google may have the solution that lets news companies charge online http://thenextweb.com/2009/08/07/rupert-murdochs-corporate-suicide-great-bloggers/#comment-394759 Finance Geek » Google may have the solution that lets news companies charge online Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:42:33 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=23034#comment-394759 [...] You: Why Rupert Murdoch’s corporate suicide will be great for bloggers (thenextweb.com) [...] [...] You: Why Rupert Murdoch’s corporate suicide will be great for bloggers (thenextweb.com) [...]

]]> By: Google Earth, The Loch Ness Monster and why paywalls won’t work – The Next Web http://thenextweb.com/2009/08/07/rupert-murdochs-corporate-suicide-great-bloggers/#comment-394758 Google Earth, The Loch Ness Monster and why paywalls won’t work – The Next Web Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:25:21 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=23034#comment-394758 [...] stories like this are a good example of why Rupert Murdoch’s plans for paywalls around his online news content won’t [...] [...] stories like this are a good example of why Rupert Murdoch’s plans for paywalls around his online news content won’t [...]

]]> By: Financial Times, Journalism Online and Paid Content: The Price has to be Right « Inky Binary http://thenextweb.com/2009/08/07/rupert-murdochs-corporate-suicide-great-bloggers/#comment-394757 Financial Times, Journalism Online and Paid Content: The Price has to be Right « Inky Binary Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:08:55 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=23034#comment-394757 [...] You: Why Rupert Murdoch’s corporate suicide will be great for bloggers (thenextweb.com) [...] [...] You: Why Rupert Murdoch’s corporate suicide will be great for bloggers (thenextweb.com) [...]

]]> By: Alexander Bickov http://thenextweb.com/2009/08/07/rupert-murdochs-corporate-suicide-great-bloggers/#comment-394756 Alexander Bickov Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:15:34 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=23034#comment-394756 Unreal. Personaly I dont pay for content I interest Unreal. Personaly I dont pay for content I interest

]]> By: Watchdog blog roundup for 8-10-09 | John Tedesco http://thenextweb.com/2009/08/07/rupert-murdochs-corporate-suicide-great-bloggers/#comment-394755 Watchdog blog roundup for 8-10-09 | John Tedesco Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:14:10 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=23034#comment-394755 [...] The Next Web: Why Rupert Murdoch’s plan to charge for online content will benefit bloggers, not the media. [...] [...] The Next Web: Why Rupert Murdoch’s plan to charge for online content will benefit bloggers, not the media. [...]

]]> By: Desirade http://thenextweb.com/2009/08/07/rupert-murdochs-corporate-suicide-great-bloggers/#comment-394754 Desirade Sat, 08 Aug 2009 11:49:53 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=23034#comment-394754 Look at french paper Le Monde - it's 6 euros per month to get access to full content and archives - you pay per month and you may unsubscribe at any moment at no cost. Look at french paper Le Monde – it’s 6 euros per month to get access to full content and archives – you pay per month and you may unsubscribe at any moment at no cost.

]]> By: Katherine Warman Kern http://thenextweb.com/2009/08/07/rupert-murdochs-corporate-suicide-great-bloggers/#comment-394753 Katherine Warman Kern Sat, 08 Aug 2009 11:38:18 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=23034#comment-394753 FT.com just announced that they are going to 1-click transactions allowing pay-per-view starting summer 2010. The good news is that when big media funds the development of a 1-click transaction system, it will be available to bloggers and other independent content creators. The opportunity to compete for dollars directly from consumers will create a much more level playing field than the FREE/ad supported business model. Furthermore, with big media "retailing" their product, the value of links from the Long Tail creators will increase exponentially. Therefore, Big Media will provide a quid pro quo - affiliate fees, content licensing credits, subscription credits, etc. This is a game-changing moment that will lead to new opportunity. katherine (at) comradity.com FT.com just announced that they are going to 1-click transactions allowing pay-per-view starting summer 2010.

The good news is that when big media funds the development of a 1-click transaction system, it will be available to bloggers and other independent content creators. The opportunity to compete for dollars directly from consumers will create a much more level playing field than the FREE/ad supported business model.

Furthermore, with big media “retailing” their product, the value of links from the Long Tail creators will increase exponentially. Therefore, Big Media will provide a quid pro quo – affiliate fees, content licensing credits, subscription credits, etc.

This is a game-changing moment that will lead to new opportunity.

katherine (at) comradity.com

]]> By: Wagner http://thenextweb.com/2009/08/07/rupert-murdochs-corporate-suicide-great-bloggers/#comment-394752 Wagner Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:11:52 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=23034#comment-394752 Truth is, we're in a transitional period. The Media business model is trying to adapt, thus charging for content as they believe it is the solution. At first some people will pay, but it won't be enough because people won't pay enough to substitute ads as they are trying to do. I'd bet that in the near future the hard to get/investigative news will be paid, but not in a subscription model. You'll pay for either a niche journalism (i.e. financial as you rightly pointed out FT) or specific subjects. Truth is, we’re in a transitional period. The Media business model is trying to adapt, thus charging for content as they believe it is the solution.
At first some people will pay, but it won’t be enough because people won’t pay enough to substitute ads as they are trying to do.

I’d bet that in the near future the hard to get/investigative news will be paid, but not in a subscription model. You’ll pay for either a niche journalism (i.e. financial as you rightly pointed out FT) or specific subjects.

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