Google Will Star In New Dow Jones News Model 95
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from the free-will-find-a-way dept.
from the free-will-find-a-way dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Dow Jones is getting set to launch a new aggregator, akin to Google News, which will charge Web users for access to high-quality journalism. 'The Journal is one of the many newspapers you might buy in one place and with one payment [...] Watch for it,' said Dow Jones CEO Les Hinton. However, rather than posing a threat to Google News, Andrew Keen, author and entrepreneur, says the aggregator will use Google as a critical partner. The only people who should be worried about this new model, says Keen, 'are all those lucky consumers who, over the last 15 years, have been getting their news for free.'"
Re:Sounds friendly... (Score:5, Informative)
This book [amazon.co.uk] is well worth a read on how news is collected, and becomes news. It's quite depressing reading.
Re:To be fair to the WSJ (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Quick! (Score:3, Informative)
They said high quality. That completely eliminates Fox, and throws grave doubts on the other two.
Re:Why should I pay when there are alternatives? (Score:4, Informative)
Re:To be fair to the WSJ (Score:2, Informative)
are you married too ?