Google To Offer Micropayments To News Sites 155
CWmike writes "Google is promoting a payment system to the newspaper industry that would let Web surfers pay a small amount for individual news stories, an idea that could help publishers struggling with the impact of the Internet. The plans were revealed in a document Google submitted to the Newspaper Association of America (NAA), which had solicited ideas for how to monetize content online, a task some publishers have had difficulty with. 'The idea is to allow viable payments of a penny to several dollars by aggregating purchases across merchants,' Google said in the document. Google said it had no specific products to announce yet."
Re:Good luck with that one .... (Score:5, Funny)
Slashdot trolls have polluted my mind (Score:4, Funny)
When I saw "Google submitted to the Newspaper Association of America (NAA)", my immediate thought was that Slashdot had been hacked by a certain troll organisation [wikitruth.info]. I guess that serves me for browsing at -1.
Re:Great idea! (Score:5, Funny)
I am interested in your necromancy approach to dying industries, and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
But only if it's free.
Re:I like it (Score:4, Funny)
Not ALL bad. I would say about 99% bad.
Re:Yay! No more ads! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Yay! No more ads! (Score:3, Funny)
Will you Europeans PLEASE STOP THIS! You know damned well that we don't get reserved seating in theaters. We have to pay outrageous fees for texting, medical care and overlarge whales of vehicles that get worse fuel economy than the Titanic. We even had to elect George Bush TWICE.
It's really hell here. Give us a break, will you?