Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 7/12/06 1:29:44 PM, lug-request@leica-users.org writes: > So it's almost asking... "Why bother paying for a subscription when I can > read it for free on the screen before the paper arrives?" That eventually > leads to, cancel subscription! And if this occurs in large numbers somebody > is going to be paying for what we read on screen sooner or later. Or the > newspaper goes belly-up. Maybe? > > ted > ------------------------------------------ Google became a multi-billion dollar success not by charging the retail viewer, but by selling ad space. Yet the NYT is crying in its beer because although the Online Times is making money, the newsstand paper edition is losing readers and the Times wants to cross-subsidize the paper edition by charging for the OLT as well. I won't bite. I have to wade through the Times' pop up ads, which is payment enough for me. Bob R