Online News Fees?
Bad news for news junkies who mainly get their news fix from the Internet.
[quote]NEWS Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch has given his strongest indication yet that the company's newspapers will charge for their online content within a year.
Mr Murdoch said during the announcement of News Corp’s full-year earnings that newspapers could no longer afford to simply give away information on the Internet.
“Quality journalism is not cheap, and an industry that gives away its content is simply cannibalising its ability to produce good reporting," he said.
Mr Murdoch added that that if News Corp were successful with plans to charge for online journalism, “we will be followed by other media," adding that in terms of timing, News Corp was “thinking in terms of this fiscal year”.
He noted that the success of The Wall Street Journal's online subscription offering has convinced him that consumers will pay for news online that differentiates itself from the mass of information available free on the web. [/quote]
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I guess it is ,like all other things--like bank cards and ATMs they lure you into using them--and then hit you with the fees--not that I ever use an ATM--I go to the bank counter---I have given up buying the paper as they are full of Celb' rubish and I can see the same on the news