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The times is probably the paper most likely to succeed here - even so it is a very very slim chance. In the uk the major problem such schemes face is that the
by ErrantX 16y ago
The times is probably the paper most likely to succeed here - even so it is a very very slim chance.
In the uk the major problem such schemes face is that the BBC is extremely good for daily news and current events. Which means they have to sell the editorial content... Strikes me as much more difficult.
- hugh3 16y agoIt could be a success even if they don't sell any actual online newspapers. You'll notice that the price for one-day access to the Times online is one pound, exactly the same as the cover price of the printed version. The idea, then, is not so much to sell subscriptions but to anchor in people's minds the idea that a newspaper like the Times is something worth paying a pound for. People will be more inclined to pick up a printed newspaper to read on the train if they're not thinking "gee, I could read exactly the same thing online for free, what's the point?" Actually if you think of it as a way of driving people back to printed newspapers, rather than as a new revenue stream in itself, it starts to make a hell of a lot of sense.
- bugschivers 16y agoI had to comment, because the BBC is anything BUT "extremely good for daily news and current events" It is obsessed with sensationalism and sound-bites and little actual content, you can read any of this stuff anywhere else and get as good a commentary. I recently visited the BBC news site again, after a hiatus of several months, for coverage of the recent elections, it astounds me how anyone can NOT see the rubbish that that site churns out. If you get all of your news updates from the BBC, I would urge you to explore other news sources, no one source can be considered wholly reliable, but at least you will get different points of view.