Comments on: Google developing micropayment system for online news

By: George Vateor

George Vateor — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:31:34 +0000

I think it is important that publishers be all,owed or encouraged to set their own prices for various types of content. For instance perhaps editorials might be free, while local news costs a quarter and national news 50 cents. Perhaps specialized coverage could cost $20- for an article with special expertise.

By: Madhkar

Madhkar — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:38:43 +0000

Media has created information pollution. By reporting news with and agenda in mind and also by suppressing news based on profitability conerns. I have found very useful information from friends, groups , forums , social networking sites.. News media information is so much polarized towards making some kind of sensation..

By: T

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:56:02 +0000

They can do what ever they deem in necessary as long as the link is marked pay or free. I intend not to pay for anything and finding I have been duped into a portion of an article like WSJ or FT often does is wrong. Part of the internet is speed and consuming times finding dead ends is the same as broken links. Maybe if the Democrats did not control the media it could continue to run at a profit rather than a loss and cost.

By: worldlymrb

worldlymrb — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:19:09 +0000

If I don’t like what I read, can I get a refund?

By: fresno dan

fresno dan — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:04:33 +0000

it is a very interesting question to me. What would be a fair price for reading this one post? What would be a fair price for a 1 year subcription to this post?
On the other hand, newspaper subcription have only made up a fraction of the cost of producing a newspaper. And part of the reason for low subscriptions was the value of lots of subscribers to advertizers.
What am I, as a reader, worth to a blogger?
I ?donated? 50$ to Calculated Risk, because it is a daily must read for me – but really, it is a small part of the “site” because of the links to Roubini, Naked Capitalism, Ritzholtz, etcetera.
Undoubtedly, I would sample far fewer sites, and certainly not be a daily reader is I contributed 50$ to each site yearly.
What do you think a daily reader should pay to read you?

By: Casper

Casper — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:03:55 +0000

I much prefer to remain on this platform.