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Are the days of a free internet coming to an end ?

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    #32
    Duck Soup
    Registered Users Posts: 3,996 ✭✭✭Duck Soup


    No, it's not inevitable that everything will be charged-for. For example, the News International sites - FT, Times etc - charge for all but a sliver of content, but the Guardian, Telegraph, Daily Mail etc make money by advertising revenues based on page clicks. In the latter model of revenue, it's most important to get sheer numbers in (the Daily Mail recently supplanted the New York Times as the most visited newspaper site in the world).

    For RTE to attempt to go paywall would be ludicrous. Their sports and international news are a mixture of agency copy (AP, Reuters) and what they've bought off the English news organizations (sports match reports for example). Obviously pretty much all of that is available elsewhere for free.

    That leaves RTE attempting to charge for their own content. And considering that the 6.01 news sometimes has who died in a car crash as its lead news item, good luck with that.

    Overall, the newspapers sites will split into those who believe the quality of their product and exclusive content will attract subscribers (NYT, Times, Financial Times etc) and those sites who just want mass viewing (the Daily Mail) to make money from advertisers on their pages.


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    #33
    Steve O
    Closed Accounts Posts: 595 ✭✭✭Steve O


    *smartass "Lolz the internetz isn't free noobs" remark*

    ****ing pedants out in force today.


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