CBS' 60 Minutes for iPad App $4.99: Will Viewers Pay?

Newspapers that take their normally for-fee content behind paywalls regularly get critized by their readers. Magazine publishers that charge the same price for their paper and electronic iPad issues get harsh words thrown at them and low app ratings. So, what happens when a free over the airwaves news program, CBS’ 60 Minutes, produces an iPad app that charges $4.99 for its normally free content? Why, it gets a 5-star average customer rating (admitedly with only 9 ratings so far).

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