Micropayments For News — Holy Grail Or Delusion? 234
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."
I demand (Score:1, Funny)
I demand payment for this comment, slashdot.
Re:Holy Grail != Delusion? (Score:4, Funny)
Second News? (Score:5, Funny)
Maybe the newspapers could start charging Linden Dollars for stories? :)
Re:Holy Grail != Delusion? (Score:2, Funny)
Before that, it was guarded by a bunch of deranged, foul-mouth Frenchmen who liked catapulting livestock at kings and their entourage of knights