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In accordance to a Intelligence News recently available research, we're not overly impressed with Rupert Murdoch's plans to charge intended for utilization of his on the web news sites. Of 2,000 people asked if they would ever pay for online news, 9 out of 10 said 'No!'. Will which means that that Murdoch's decision to charge users to access his information sites is definitely foolish?
I wouldn't pay for information, either, unless...
EASILY were asked 'would you ever pay for online news?', I'd probably say 'simply no', too. After all, in a day and time whenever we can generally find out about major events on Twitter before any of the news stations report them, why would we ever need pay for usage of their content?
However, I would, and frequently do, pay for quality and 'luxurious' news. I'd never spend a penny for just one of the shrinking quantity of totally free newspapers passed out on my way to function in a morning, but I would pay for a Sunday broadsheet with all its extras and trimmings (even though the chances of me in fact reading more than a few pages are extremely small).
I have also been known to register with a paid users' region on the website of a particular football team (which shall remain nameless) to gain access to extra content not available on the primary internet site: video interviews and press conferences, highlights of reserve and youth group fits, live radio commentary on match times.
Would I spend to read SUNLIGHT online? No. There are often only about 2 paragraphs in each image-dominated article anyway. It only costs a couple of pennies to get genuine therefore there wouldn't be much worth in using its site. The Times? Probably, but only when all other quality information outlets beginning charging, otherwise I'd just go for the totally free one.
Utilizing a Credit Card meant for a 20p Article?
I'm uncertain how much Mr Murdoch wants to charge his users to learn articles, but I'm guessing there is likely to be some kind of accounts that needs setting up. I certainly couldn't end up being bothered to obtain my wallet out each time I wanted to read something and I'd be extremely hesitant to commit to subscribing.
On the other hand, if they had a similar program to iTunes, whereby you just enter your password to gain access to a paid article as well as your card is billed accordingly, that may make a bit more sense. But, easily had to do that for every major news service provider, it would become very tiresome.
Ultimately, they could be shooting themselves in the foot to some extent. If the site makes it harder and much less practical for me personally to read articles, I'll most likely go elsewhere. I'd assume that I would always be able to read the news for free on the BBC's site, which wouldn't normally be very good news for the advertising revenue of the Murdoch online empire.
Copycats
Assuming that I actually wanted to read an article on a paid site so badly that We handed over my credit cards information to them, what would stop me personally 'reporting' upon what the article said upon my freely available blog? I'd imagine it would be very hard for a newspaper group to prevent thousands of bloggers disseminating the information freely to their users who would gain plenty of traffic in the process.
