HT-NewsQOTD: Would You Pay For Content Online.
Is the content you read online worth paying for?
Over the last year, newspapers have seen a steady decline in print sales, with more readers logging online to get their daily dose of current affairs. Whether or not it signifies the death knell of the newspaper and magazine business, the industry is faced with a very big problem: how do you make online revenue match the money made from print sales?
One solution that nobody seems to be a fan of (that is, nobody but newspapers) is introducing subscriptions to the sites. Similar to the way you subscribe to a certain newspaper in the real world, you"d subscribe to them online. Instead of having the newspaper delivered to your door every morning, you"d log online and view the news from the comfort of your own home or office.
While tons of people are opposed to the idea of paying a subscription for news on the internet, there"s a significant amount who are of the opinion that if the content is of a good quality, then why shouldn"t we pay for it?
Today"s question of the day is would you consider paying for the online content that you consume each day? If so, how would the content have to be different for you to feel that it"s worth paying for it?