Would you pay to get your news off the web?

tritium · 17-02-2015 02:56PM

No, to be honest given some of the sad excuses for journalists that the IT employes I think sticking it safely behind a paywall is the best way.

Lack of balance, lack of truly critical analysis (with a few notable exceptions), lack of depth. Hopefully another paywall experiment might make the management realise that they need a bit of a purge.

There are a few good online sources I'll use and pay for, IT isn't one of them....

TheDoc · 17-02-2015 03:18PM

Nope. There is simply too many alternatives for news to succumb to a pay wall/subscription service.

If a news website is unable to maintain good revenue from advertisement, their digital content and digital marketing staff should be walked out of the building.

Areyouwell · 17-02-2015 03:30PM

snollup wrote: »

Would you pay to get your news off the web?

I'll not pay for something when I can have it for free.

The_Captain · 17-02-2015 05:16PM

I'll pay €2 for one physical copy of the paper, wouldn't actually mind having it on the kindle or wherever else for €3 a week come to think of it

Menas · 17-02-2015 05:40PM

tritium wrote: »

Lack of balance, lack of truly critical analysis (with a few notable exceptions), lack of depth.

Just as a matter of interest, which Irish news sites do offer this?

mikom · 17-02-2015 06:16PM

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

The 'want everything but want to pay for nothing' crew

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vicwatson · 17-02-2015 06:18PM

Too many ads and "click here" videos

spyderski · 17-02-2015 06:21PM

Nope.

shruikan2553 · 17-02-2015 06:23PM

I'll just wait for it to come up on boards. Theres a few handy people that seem to trawl news sites for their agendas so its handy having it brought to me and if everyone calls out their crap I know to look elsewhere.

Tony EH · 18-02-2015 04:50AM

snollup wrote: »

The Irish Times is going subscription based from next week, will you pay to use the site?

Me, probably will as it's the only half decent Irish news source.

Will you?

Not in a million years.

BTW, didn't they used to be subscription based before? Over ten years ago? I distinctly have a memory of them trying that.

*edit* Yes, they were.

Turtwig · 18-02-2015 04:57AM

Can't think of any Irish newspaper I'd pay subscriptions to. They're utter shyte. If the Irish Times improves its quality I may reconsider. Doubt it though. It's in decline and if it can't improve in quality it should be put out to pasture.

Zippie84 · 18-02-2015 09:13AM

snollup wrote: »

The Irish Times is going subscription based from next week, will you pay to use the site?

Me, probably will as it's the only half decent Irish news source.

Will you?

No.

padd b1975 · 18-02-2015 09:47AM

I get my news from the radio.

Some of us are much too busy to spend our days refreshing a bloody computer screen.

Arsemageddon · 26-02-2015 12:27AM

The_Captain wrote: »

I'll pay €2 for one physical copy of the paper, wouldn't actually mind having it on the kindle or wherever else for €3 a week come to think of it

Same for me, I also tend to read more articles when I have the actual paper in my hands

DoYouEvenLift · 26-02-2015 12:29AM

Will they still have ads? If they charge a sub and still give people ads then they're fuking scumbags

C.K Dexter Haven · 26-02-2015 12:36AM

Bigger question, would people pay for the Daily Mail- maybe 20-50 cent per day? I fear, yes they would.

SMJSF · 26-02-2015 12:38AM

it's sad to see the newspaper/newspaper printing industry quickly going to the grave because of this free news we've all access to online.
but in less than probably 10 years, newspapers will be history, and the next generation will be shocked that you actually had to pay for print on a phyical piece of paper... even without colour at one stage!

C.K Dexter Haven · 26-02-2015 12:40AM

SMJSF wrote: »

it's sad to see the newspaper/newspaper printing industry quickly going to the grave because of this free news we've all access to online.
but in less than probably 10 years, newspapers will be history, and the next generation will be shocked that you actually had to pay for print on a phyical piece of paper... even without colour at one stage!

yes but- what news will they be getting then, and what will it be influenced by?

shruikan2553 · 26-02-2015 12:44AM

C.K Dexter Haven wrote: »

yes but- what news will they be getting then, and what will it be influenced by?

The same things as now.

sheesh · 26-02-2015 12:44AM

thought about getting the finacial times once and I pay for IT training online I might actually

Mattie500 · 26-02-2015 12:53AM

Clickbait is the problem I have with internet news sites. The quality of the journalism on the Internet is pretty poor and it is frustrating to wade through the vast quantity of dross to get to something that is newsworthy and which isn't written in a way that encourages the permanently outraged to post their important opinion at the bottom. The Irish Times will have to go back to journalism basics for this to work. I am willing to pay for the content if it means not having random comments attached to each story.

C.K Dexter Haven · 26-02-2015 01:02AM

shruikan2553 wrote: »

The same things as now.

rubbish ! total and utter nativity for anyone who thinks that.

HamsterFace · 26-02-2015 08:25AM

DoYouEvenLift wrote: »

Will they still have ads? If they charge a sub and still give people ads then they're fuking scumbags

Must be a lot of scumbags out there in your eyes so :-)

truedoom · 26-02-2015 08:30AM

snollup wrote: »

The Irish Times is going subscription based from next week, will you pay to use the site?

Me, probably will as it's the only half decent Irish news source.

Will you?

i don't buy newspapers, as i get any news i need online for free.

so no.

stoneill · 26-02-2015 08:30AM

I get my news from my once a week visit to my ma where I can listen to her spout sh1te she has heard on radio over the last week.

Susandublin · 26-02-2015 09:05AM

No - not because I hate paying for things but it would have a negative impact on the quality of news. Bad news sells which is why our irish papers are so depressing - free news and providers sell advertising - no incentive to be so negative.
Would love to see a news story "everything is great" and list reasons why Ireland is a great place to live and why we are all so lucky. A dose of reality is needed to the moaners - move to Afria and see how soon you'll want to come home!
So to summarise , no.

conorh91 · 26-02-2015 10:18AM

There's no point in my paying for the digital subscription alone, because I buy the paper every morning anyway, which already sets me back about €50 a month.

So if I were to buy the digital subscription on top of that, I'd be paying €62+ a month to read the ramblings of Una Mullally. My arse.

But sure for €50 a month I can get the premium digital subscription AND the hard-copy newspaper delivered to my door every day.

So taking that option, I don't incur a loss… the paper is delivered to my door instead of having to fetch it, and hopefully the quality will improve

Sorry for thinking as I type, but the pricing structure just seems a little odd.

jester77 · 26-02-2015 10:44AM

snollup wrote: »

The Irish Times is going subscription based from next week, will you pay to use the site?

Me, probably will as it's the only half decent Irish news source.

Will you?

eh, <looks at post date>

I thought they were already subscription based? Actually I could swear they were, I used to visit it until they put their articles behind a paywall. That was the last time I visited.

Meathlass · 26-02-2015 11:14AM

conorh91 wrote: »

There's no point in my paying for the digital subscription alone, because I buy the paper every morning anyway, which already sets me back about €50 a month.

So if I were to buy the digital subscription on top of that, I'd be paying €62+ a month to read the ramblings of Una Mullally. My arse.

But sure for €50 a month I can get the premium digital subscription AND the hard-copy newspaper delivered to my door every day.

So taking that option, I don't incur a loss… the paper is delivered to my door instead of having to fetch it, and hopefully the quality will improve

Sorry for thinking as I type, but the pricing structure just seems a little odd.

They only deliver to certain areas in Greater Dublin though so not really an option for most people. I'm lucky in that my workplace has subsidized newspapers so I can buy the IT for 80c. I don't get a chance to read it all every day so it wouldn't be worth me spending €2 on it each day

Meathlass · 26-02-2015 11:15AM

jester77 wrote: »

eh, <looks at post date>

I thought they were already subscription based? Actually I could swear they were, I used to visit it until they put their articles behind a paywall. That was the last time I visited.

They came off that model in about 2008 ish and it's been free since then until this week.

Would you pay to get your news off the web?

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