Want News! Will Pay!
Here’s an interesting turn of events. While newspapers debate the merit of micropayments, J.D. Power and Associates Web Intelligence Division surveyed blogs and message boards between December 2008 and February 2009 and discovered that nearly 40 percent of bloggers acknowledge that they would pay or already pay for news content. The reason? They understand the value of professional journalism and they don’t want the quality to decline.
“Among those bloggers who accept having to pay for news content in the future, many mention preferring a subscription service,” said Janet Eden-Harris, vice president of J.D.
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