Comments on: Morning Links: January 23, 2009 http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/01/morning-links-january-23-2009/ A collaborative effort to figure out the future of journalism. A project of Harvard University. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:28:00 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rudolph http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/01/morning-links-january-23-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-4020 Rudolph Mon, 26 Jan 2009 01:49:00 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=1139#comment-4020 I've read Chris Anderson on the "economics of free," and I'm not drinking the Kool-aid. And neither is the Financial Times. http://www.paidcontent.co.uk/entry/419-giis-ftcom-boss-media-should-ape-airlines-lay-off-our-business-model/ Oh, and what about tech demi-god Steve Jobs? Guess he would have done a whole lot better with the iTunes store if he'd only known about the "economics of free." Newspapers have tried the "economics of free" online for more than a decade. In ain't working. It's time to try the economics of pay. David Carr is right. I’ve read Chris Anderson on the “economics of free,” and I’m not drinking the Kool-aid. And neither is the Financial Times.

http://www.paidcontent.co.uk/entry/419-giis-ftcom-boss-media-should-ape-airlines-lay-off-our-business-model/

Oh, and what about tech demi-god Steve Jobs? Guess he would have done a whole lot better with the iTunes store if he’d only known about the “economics of free.”

Newspapers have tried the “economics of free” online for more than a decade. In ain’t working. It’s time to try the economics of pay.

David Carr is right.

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