Pay Walls
Pay Walls for the Papers My free rides are ending. The Scranton Times-Tribune, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and now the New York Times are no longer offering free, unlimited reading of their articles. I wonder how this will all work out. I get the reasoning. Journalists at all three papers need to be paid, and the better writers can command more money. Circulation for all three papers has steadily declined. And the sad truth is, news organizations have yet to figure out a way to make internet advertising as profitable as print or broadcast advertising. Some news organizations will tell you that making money from the internet is a matter of long term survival. I’d be disingenuous to oppose the so-called paywalls. These are my brothers and sisters who hopefully are able to stay employed and make a reasonable living if their employers can make the extra revenue streams work. I just wonder if they will. One problem: Most people are used to getting all content free on the internet ...