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By: Micropayments and the power of free » Nieman Journalism Lab

Micropayments and the power of free » Nieman Journalism Lab — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:24:25 +0000

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By: Around the Web: The NY Times at $5 a Month « Notes from The Heart House

Around the Web: The NY Times at $5 a Month « Notes from The Heart House — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 14:54:31 +0000

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By: Fremdschämen gibt’s gratis: Online-Content darf etwas kosten – georg.leyrer.priv.at

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:43:20 +0000

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Semana em revista (12-19/07/2009) | Afinidades Eletivas — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 04:09:35 +0000

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By: The end of newspapers, or thoughts on reading Dear New York Times: Please charge me more than $5 for your web site. at Nieman Journalism Lab « Smart People I Know

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:45:09 +0000

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By: Dottie’s Walk | eCache

Dottie’s Walk | eCache — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:56:31 +0000

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By: Anonymous Coward

Anonymous Coward — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:54:54 +0000

“if all 650,000 print subscribers paid $5 a month for the website, that would be an instant $39 million per year.” That’s likely very optimistic, since the Times is talking about half-off for print subscribers — and, of course, a hefty portion of Times print subscribers are plenty happy with a print-only lifestyle. But let’s say half of print subscribers sign up at $2.50 a month. That’s $19.5 million a year.”

Half of print subscribers at half the price is a quarter of $39m, or $9.75m. I just wacked nearly $10m out of your numbers.

No wonder American newspapers are going down the drain – dodgy budgeting!

By: RichardK

RichardK — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:13:39 +0000

I’ll pay $10 a month, and ask to be paid $20 by the NY Times to read (socialist) Paul Krugman’s columns without ranting and raving.

By: mexture

mexture — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:36:04 +0000

why not rethink the business model/site design to generate more dollars from advertising And/or readers?

By: Would you pay for the NY Times? | Marketing.fm - Eric Friedman

Would you pay for the NY Times? | Marketing.fm - Eric Friedman — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:42:45 +0000

[...] folks for its content online. Would you pay $5.00 per month? Would you pay more? less? Blogs have weighed in elsewhere but I wanted to take a poll with my readers and get a dialogue going about this idea [...]

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Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:47:39 +0000

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Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:04:21 +0000

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The New York Times, forse si pagherà. Anche online - The New Blog Times — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:03:01 +0000

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By: Dear Bill Keller | byJoeyBaker

Dear Bill Keller | byJoeyBaker — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:42:27 +0000

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By: Dave Ryan

Dave Ryan — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:37:58 +0000

I disagree. I think that the Web has proven to be a $1 store. People are happy to pay $0.99 on iTunes for their iPhone applications, some of which are quite intricate. I think whatever they choose to charge, that $0.99 is the increment to use. Whether that $1 is a per-month charge, or a charge for per 100 visits (1 visit per day). This would reflect their current subscription model of paying X amount for a certain number of weeks. To get the daily paper is $7.40 a week for 12 weeks. This equates to 84 issues and $620. Since distribution and printing costs are out this number should be able to reduce significantly without reducing pay of workers.

Whatever it is that they charge, $1 a week, etc, it really needs to be a dollar. It plays into your near-free idea, but keeps people coming. They’ll make much more of a profit. People are HAPPY to pay a dollar, it’s chump change. More people will do it, especially if they do an easy auto-pay system, and link into Google Checkout, PayPal, etc. It’s like iTunes downloads. People will see it as equivalent to paying for a song. You’re paying for the news, OK, a dollar.