Crikey.com.au: ‘Who reads a newspaper website the way they used to read a paper?’
May 8th, 2009Posted by Judith Townend in Editors' pick, Journalism, Newspapers
Guy Rundle, over at Crikey.com.au, tells Rupert that no, he’s not prepared to pay for News Corp. content.
“Paying for a physical newspaper is/was something you just did, even five years ago. Now, the idea that your morning’s news would come encased in a single source seems odd – and paying for straight news items on the web (as opposed to the excellent goulash of punch and pugilistic your reading now etc) seems absurd. Who reads a newspaper website, the way they used to read a paper?”
May 8th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
I continue to pay for the Sunday morning paper! For some reason I enjoy sipping a cup of java while reading the paper on a lazy Sunday morning!
May 15th, 2009 at 9:57 am
I agree. No one would dream of going out to buy something if they knew that they could get the same thing, and more, off the internet.