http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2009/07/24/paying-for-podcasts-a-times-online-poll/ Online journalism news Thu, 24 May 2012 14:01:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2009/07/24/paying-for-podcasts-a-times-online-poll/comment-page-1/#comment-15128 markmedia Sat, 25 Jul 2009 08:00:11 +0000 http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/?p=12413#comment-15128 It is also worth remembering that there is a big difference in saying that one *might* be prepared to pay and actually *paying* when the time comes. Online newspaper readers who participate in this type of poll have a level of sympathy for and awareness of the financial situation for the title and would be more likely to give what I would call a sympathy vote for payment. As with so many sympathy votes it likely wont translate into actual payment. It is also worth remembering that there is a big difference in saying that one *might* be prepared to pay and actually *paying* when the time comes.
Online newspaper readers who participate in this type of poll have a level of sympathy for and awareness of the financial situation for the title and would be more likely to give what I would call a sympathy vote for payment. As with so many sympathy votes it likely wont translate into actual payment.

]]> http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2009/07/24/paying-for-podcasts-a-times-online-poll/comment-page-1/#comment-15098 Judith Townend Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:21:45 +0000 http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/?p=12413#comment-15098 Not that the poll's swinging that way, but if people were prepared to pay for the Bugle I don't think it would hold much significance for other news podcasts or content: I imagine a lot of Andy Zaltzman and John Oliver's audience are not necessarily regular users of other parts of TimesOnline. Comments beneath its poll worth a read: http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1762313/?view=results. For example: from Bono from Neilston: "I will pay 79p per Bugle if you take out the Times Online bit at the start." Not that the poll’s swinging that way, but if people were prepared to pay for the Bugle I don’t think it would hold much significance for other news podcasts or content: I imagine a lot of Andy Zaltzman and John Oliver’s audience are not necessarily regular users of other parts of TimesOnline. Comments beneath its poll worth a read: http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1762313/?view=results. For example: from Bono from Neilston: “I will pay 79p per Bugle if you take out the Times Online bit at the start.”

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