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more about #micropayments more comments → MrInBetween: I am still recovering from PTBCD (post-traumatic Brill's Content disorder). more » belltolls: I was sure traction friction involved a slutty nurse in a 15 sec. low-res internet movie. more » MATIC: Your argument makes sense on one level, but it doesn't take into account the underlying realities-- Newspapers are scared to work with someone like Am... more » Shadowlayer: Once more I've to agree with you macbeach. Whats funny is that newspapers and magz on the kindle seem to lack any ads, so if this guy's number are rig... more » macbeach: PS: I meant to say in one of my earlier posts that if Kinsley thinks that subway fares are an example of micropayments, then maybe that's why it fail... more » ghmlco: I hear a lot about how micropayments won't work, have never worked, and so on, yet there's never BEEN an ubiquitous browser-embedded micropayment syst... more » macbeach: It's easy to say (with examples) that micropayments don't work. It's easy to say (with examples) that banner ads don't work, ditto for full subscript... more » lawyergay: Shet yer piehole, Gawker/Valleywag. People would pay to read the NYT online and you know it. more » If_I_Had_a_Poodle: i'd pay for stuff that was worth reading but the same old, "republicans are telling obama what to do" when obama won and they lost is worthless in pri... more » Figaro: Micropayments don't work. They've never worked and never will. So many startups have tried it and failed. I bet it has something to do with human psyc... more » i'm a bottle: I think they ought to pay the readers five cents for making it through a Maureen Dowd column. more » Smitros: Maybe an all-issue sponsor is the way to go, like that issue of The New Yorker where all the large display ads were from Target. more » markscottmusic: I think micro payments are exactly the way NOT to go. You will decrease readership and time on site by making people think before each click "do I rea... more » MrInBetween: Outstanding post, Owen. And that fish looks unhappy having Friedman and Dowd gumming up its gills. more » izzyrowlands: Whatever you say Mr. Thomas, but that is a pretty sweet cover. more » -
#printisdead
Why Newspapers Shouldn't Buy What Steven Brill Is Selling
Steven Brill launched American Lawyer magazine, Court TV, Brill's Content and those airport security fast-passes. Now he wants to help newspapers broker their online content. Clue: Smarter people already offer that. More » -
#deathofprint
Michael Kinsley tried making readers pay for news. Didn't work!
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#deathofprint
How Not to Save Newspapers
Micropayments are the future of content! If I had a nickel for every time I heard that one. Walter Isaacson, a former managing editor of Time, is the latest to pick up this tired banner. More »
