Tom Lindmark

Paying for News: Let's Get On with It

After you get by the FT, NYT and WSJ there aren't a lot of sources that are doing anything aside from grabbing stuff off AP. I pay for the WSJ and FT and would pay for the NYT if it goes that way. The analysis, editorial opinion and access the three have to inside sources is worth the price.

Having said that, if they want this model to succeed then they need to beef up their content. Probably something along the lines of the FT type of in-depth coverage.

Personally, I hope it works. As a blogger, I'm tired of giving away my work. A lot of sites have come to me and asked to republish my work. I agreed for a long time in order to get more exposure but decided recently that giving away my content for free was relatively stupid.