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Media are suffering at least in this country. Not much interest in buying ads these days. If the newspapers get more people to pay for their stories, they will
by Erwin 7y ago
Media are suffering at least in this country. Not much interest in buying ads these days.
If the newspapers get more people to pay for their stories, they will have to fire the journalist hard at work on the Corona stories.
- robomartin 7y agoHere's the fallacy with what you are saying: Click-through-rates are not going to increase because people signed-up for a free account with an email address. Greater revenue comes from greater traffic. Simple as that. If every time I see an interesting link from the NY Times and try to read it I am hit with a modal subscription request, well, very soon I just stop clicking NY Times links. The other side of that is paid subscription to these newspapers-turned-web-news outlets. My guess is this is a bad (or let's just say, non sustainable) approach. If these outlets had to survive on paid web subscriptions they would likely shrink severely or evaporate. There's a reason for which television can still garner massive audiences. Imagine if every single TV channel demanded a subscription or registration.
- syspec 7y agoAll nytimes articles related to covid19 are free, but you do have to sign in
- robomartin 7y agoThat’s my point, you should not have to sign in. Not to read articles about a world-wide pandemic. Normal stuff, sure. Imagine if every media outlet and publisher took advantage of the crisis and required registration for access to information.