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Micropayments For News — Holy Grail Or Delusion?
newscloud writes "Harvard's Nieman Journalism Lab sounds off on micropayments for news content, on the side of the argument that says they are a dangerous delusion: 'What does it mean for journalism? It could mean charging for different platforms, for early alerts, for special members-only access to certain premium or value-added content. But I'm pretty sure of one thing: It doesn't mean charging people fractions of a cent to read a news story, no matter how sophisticated the process.' The article provides good context on the debate over micropayments from a 2003 piece by Clay Shirky, to recent analysis and opinion by Masnick, Outing, Graham, and Reifman. Google's micropayment plans were recently discussed here."
Sometimes its not funny at all how much US is lacking behind on everything.
Fixed that for you.
I may agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to face the consequences of saying it.
If you're going to presume to "fix" someone's post, at least make the effort to get your html right. Your post is the one that's broken.
Time to retire this boring meme
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