Comments on: How Harper’s was doomed by its paywall http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2010/02/01/how-harpers-was-doomed-by-its-paywall/ A slice of lime in the soda Sat, 25 May 2013 00:03:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Shmoe http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2010/02/01/how-harpers-was-doomed-by-its-paywall/comment-page-1/#comment-11712 Shmoe Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:58:46 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2010/02/01/how-harpers-was-doomed-by-its-paywall/#comment-11712 I'm forced to agree with Felix. <em>Harper's</em> is an amazing magazine, that is hiding it's light under a bushel. If I didn't read it print, I would barely know it existed. Offering a few more article for free and some real value added content (like <em>The New Yorker</em> or <em>The Economist</em>, both of which seem to be doing alright) would go a long way towards giving them a real boost in awareness. Thus a boost in print subscriptions! Then again make there sight a destination would involve a real investment, but I would tend to think it was worth it. I’m forced to agree with Felix. Harper’s is an amazing magazine, that is hiding it’s light under a bushel. If I didn’t read it print, I would barely know it existed.

Offering a few more article for free and some real value added content (like The New Yorker or The Economist, both of which seem to be doing alright) would go a long way towards giving them a real boost in awareness. Thus a boost in print subscriptions! Then again make there sight a destination would involve a real investment, but I would tend to think it was worth it.

]]> By: mdsanders http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2010/02/01/how-harpers-was-doomed-by-its-paywall/comment-page-1/#comment-11708 mdsanders Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:54:19 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2010/02/01/how-harpers-was-doomed-by-its-paywall/#comment-11708 No one has ever subscribed to Harper’s because of something they read on its website... Hey Felix- Here I proudly am, the guy who subscribed to Harper's because of something he read on their website. That something was Scott Horton's Informed Comment, which I enjoyed so much I decided to pay for the monthly subscription to the print edition. And I've enjoyed the magazine, old fashioned and stodgy or not. No one has ever subscribed to Harper’s because of something they read on its website…

Hey Felix-
Here I proudly am, the guy who subscribed to Harper’s because of something he read on their website. That something was Scott Horton’s Informed Comment, which I enjoyed so much I decided to pay for the monthly subscription to the print edition. And I’ve enjoyed the magazine, old fashioned and stodgy or not.

]]> By: Citoyen http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2010/02/01/how-harpers-was-doomed-by-its-paywall/comment-page-1/#comment-11688 Citoyen Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:59:20 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2010/02/01/how-harpers-was-doomed-by-its-paywall/#comment-11688 Giving stuff away is still not much of a business model, Felix. It *may* get you readers, but painful experience shows that it *doesn't* generate revenue. Being talked about is fine, but being paid is essential. Giving stuff away is still not much of a business model, Felix. It *may* get you readers, but painful experience shows that it *doesn’t* generate revenue. Being talked about is fine, but being paid is essential.

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