tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post8615773736976301930..comments2023-10-02T10:31:13.350+01:00Comments on Gombeen Nation: Nothing in life is free, they say…The Gombeen Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024662128072120489noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-39685175891288049172009-08-15T17:59:00.794+01:002009-08-15T17:59:00.794+01:00Funnily enough the Irish times having been initial...Funnily enough the Irish times having been initially free and one of the first to go down the subscrition route has now reverted to being free (bar some premium content) again.<br /><br />As for Murdoch's rags I dont read them now so Im certainely not going to pay for them when they start charging.<br /><br />Interestingly $ky TV in its very ealy days was free as wellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-14041269359415001162009-08-12T22:22:07.026+01:002009-08-12T22:22:07.026+01:00Me too, BP!Me too, BP!The Gombeen Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05024662128072120489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-22483711026070797922009-08-12T16:13:03.487+01:002009-08-12T16:13:03.487+01:00The 'give it out for free' model for labou...The 'give it out for free' model for labour intensitive products like newspapers (all those journalists & photographers) is a throw back to the late 90's/early noughties when everyone thought that 'digital' was the solution for everything. Like the Irish economy, everyone lost the run of themselves for a while.<br /><br />If we're to maintain any real and meaningful journalism newspapers need to start charging for their online content and taking Google etc to court if they infringe copyright. I can't saythat I will enjoy paying for the Irish Times, but I'd prefer to see it survive than not.Harryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756754459167063173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-33917983827602053302009-08-11T11:41:40.857+01:002009-08-11T11:41:40.857+01:00Hi Sven.
That's right... quite a few papers ...Hi Sven. <br /><br />That's right... quite a few papers were subscription-based for some (or all) of their content - the Irish Times would be an example with its archive search, for instance. <br /><br />It's a tricky one... a battle between making their online presence pay and taking enough readers to expand it. Interestingly, in Japan - one of the most technologically advanced nations - newspapers have concentrated more on the printed product, and have not invested as much on their online operations. <br /><br />A big factor here for Irish papers, is that broadband take-up in Ireland still lags behind most of Europe, which will just delay the inevitable, I think.The Gombeen Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05024662128072120489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-13402060389147128592009-08-10T20:30:50.366+01:002009-08-10T20:30:50.366+01:00Hi GB,
there are many online "pay-by-read&quo...Hi GB,<br />there are many online "pay-by-read" editions of newspapers out there already - for many years ;-) I was working as an editor for a (German) daily paper myself for seven years and that particular paper has an online edition for the last six or seven years. You get sort of a basic version without any charge, but you must be registered to be able to see and read the full version with all articles and pictures. And yes, I would pay for a (good) Irish online newspaper, also because I can't have one in the mailbox or at the house door every morning, like you have it in other countries ;-) For the Herald ? Certainly not - I probably wouldn't even wrap my fish 'n chips in it !Pikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02219035890592028642noreply@blogger.com