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Have media companies ever considered something like the cable TV model? I'm thinking something like ten different sites form a network, and readers pay once (on
by niccaluim 10y ago
Have media companies ever considered something like the cable TV model? I'm thinking something like ten different sites form a network, and readers pay once (on a subscription basis) for access to the whole network instead of paying each site separately.
I definitely am not interested in subscribing separately to (e.g.) Wired, the NY Times, the Economist, WSJ, the New Yorker, etc. But I think I'd be totally down for a single rate that gave me ad-free access to some or all of those.
- mnx 10y agoAttempts at that have been made, at least in poland. The "piano" system gives access to a whole bunch of local news publications, forbes, and a major national newspaper or two. It costs ~4.5 USD a month, so ~2-3 hours of an entry level supermarket position pay. I don't know anyone who subscribes.
- Buge 10y agoThere's Google Contributor which you can pay monthly to see no or reduced ads on many sites that use Google ads. https://www.google.com/contributor/welcome/ https://www.google.com/contributor/welcome/
- soared 10y agoIf they ever become popular, I'll make a site that scrapes and mirrors the content, then serve malicious ads. The advertising revenue will outweigh my morals.