Saturday, February 13, 2010

Continuing the drive to irrelevance

From the Worcester Business Journal, we learn that the Fitchburg Sentinel-Enterprise plans to start charging for selected content. The bankrupt parent company, Media News Group, is considering a model similar to what it thinks the New York Times will use, giving free access to a limited number of page views and then charging users for more access.
Dan Ariely offers some ideas about how pay walls can and should work - My Take on the NY Times Pay Wall. In brief, in order to be successful, a paid site must offer a unique experience so that the site visitor is being charged for the same old stuff that used to be free.
So, let's see what the Sentinel has to offer.
This?
via Police / Court - Sentinel & Enterprise
Sign me up.

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