Comments on: It’s not the price — it’s the wall that hurts http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/05/its-not-the-price-its-the-wall-that-hurts/ A collaborative effort to figure out the future of journalism. A project of Harvard University. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:39:00 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Smiles http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/05/its-not-the-price-its-the-wall-that-hurts/comment-page-1/#comment-17475 Smiles Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:28:18 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=5451#comment-17475 hey you both have great points and i also agree that news papers put a price on there material i dont have any problem. and yes it is the fact that in order to get the news you have to go around a pay wall which cuts it from people and everyone needs news now there are actually always around walls like if you cant pay for it yourself split cost with friends and share the account hey you both have great points and i also agree that news papers put a price on there material i dont have any problem. and yes it is the fact that in order to get the news you have to go around a pay wall which cuts it from people and everyone needs news now there are actually always around walls like if you cant pay for it yourself split cost with friends and share the account

]]> By: KO http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/05/its-not-the-price-its-the-wall-that-hurts/comment-page-1/#comment-17469 KO Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:15:31 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=5451#comment-17469 But if the news industry doesn't charge for online content, they will not be able to make revenue. It would be nice if we lived in a world where everything is free, but it is not. You charge people for a print edition of a newspaper so why can you not charge for the online news. Would I love to have free news, yes of course who wouldn't. But I understand that the paper is not making a profit, other than the minimal revenue from advertisements. But if the news industry doesn’t charge for online content, they will not be able to make revenue. It would be nice if we lived in a world where everything is free, but it is not. You charge people for a print edition of a newspaper so why can you not charge for the online news. Would I love to have free news, yes of course who wouldn’t. But I understand that the paper is not making a profit, other than the minimal revenue from advertisements.

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