Comments on: Charging for Web Content? Time Inc. is Going to Try

By: Dan Gould

Dan Gould — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:22:18 +0000

@Dale – It’s both. I do wish them the best of luck. We’re all in this together, so if someone can make micropayments work, that’s great, and a sign of hope for content authors trying to make a little money. But there is a touch of sarcasm there as well, because current behaviors show that many people will just click over to another news source rather than pay.

By: Dale

Dale — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:54:41 +0000

Dan, is that a tongue in cheek good luck signing off, or am I just reading between the lines?

By: Shawn Collins

Shawn Collins — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 03:15:57 +0000

> Kind of a surprising move at this moment in time, considering charging for content has historically not done so well.

How about the Kindle? Perhaps that was a game changer after all.

I have paid for newspapers and magazines on the Kindle 2 in the past two weeks (since getting it), even though I’ve never (previously) considered paying for them “online”.

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Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:07:54 +0000

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By: Winn

Winn — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:37:48 +0000

It totally makes sense. When every other media organization is trying to innovate and evolve effectively, these industry standards revert back to an older model for boosting revenue. Why doesn’t everybody else realize innovation is overrated? Like, duh.