LA Times: Micropayments – a rainbow for journalism… or a Hail Mary?
January 14th, 2009Posted by John Thompson in Editors' pick
The prospect of micropayments for news raises its head once again. This article follows in the wake of David Carr’s piece in the NY Times, ‘Let’s invent an iTunes for news’ which has been neatly debunked by Paul Bradshaw on his Online Journalism Blog.
Might have worked a few years back, but most agree that horse has already bolted. Full story…
Tags: David Carr, LA Times, micropayments, news business model, NY Times, Online Journalism blog, Paul Bradshaw, the NY Times
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