CNN Plans To Offer Subscriptions for Digital News Next Year (wsj.com) 60
Benjamin Mullin, writing for WSJ: After investing in digital verticals focused on business and politics and acquiring an online-video startup, CNN is gearing up for another big step: It plans to launch tiered subscription offerings for its digital news business (Editor's note: the link could be paywalled; alternative source) as early as the second quarter of next year. A proposed premium offering will give subscribers access to special content on topic-specific verticals such as CNN Money and CNN Politics, built around network personalities. A second option will provide additional, though less specialized, content across all of CNN's sites. Pricing hasn't been finalized. The move is part of a broader five-year plan to develop new revenue streams and reach $1 billion in digital revenue by 2022. CNN's digital arm expects to pull in $370 million this year, according to a person familiar with its financials.
BBC News (Score:4, Interesting)
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Re: BBC News (Score:1)
>They don't try to dramatize it, they just report.
Best laugh of the day, thanks.
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Have no opinion? (Score:2, Interesting)
Pay to have ours!! :P
All hail James Oâ(TM)Keefe (Score:1)
Imagine being this shallow: to think that the only two camps someone could possibly fall in are CNN Democrats and Fox Republicans. No, citizen, there are no views outside the diverse and intellectually-rigorous range that spans from Chuck Schumer all the way to John McCain. Those are the only views you are allowed to have!
Now, for the rest of us who have put more than 5 minutes of independent thought into the matter, let us take this opportunity to thank James Oâ(TM)Keefe for exposing the gigantic prop
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Why did you feel the need to copy and paste James O'Keefe's name?
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I have every reason to believe that [James O'Keefe] is going to get Fox one day, too.
I doubt it. For the same reason sharks don't bite lawyers: professional courtesy.
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Where are you copypasting all this stuff from?
not CNN, WSJ (Score:4, Insightful)
If there is one news source that's worth paying for, it's the Wall Street Journal. Say what you will about their conservative / nonsensical editorial page writers and editors, but their actual journalism is top notch, and one of the few outlets actually worth subscribing to.
CNN is basically an infographic production group, with an uninformed talking soundtrack.
Meh, I'll take the NY Times over WSJ (Score:2)
Why pay for fake news? (Score:2)
No point in supporting their fake news business scheme.
Can't I? (Score:1)
Can't I already buy poop via subscription on Amazon or something like that?
No thanks, I don't want leftist propaganda even for free.
So now I have to pay for autoplay? (Score:1)
Auto-play videos (Score:4, Interesting)
Can I pay to not have videos auto-play ever time I want to READ an article?
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In Firefox -> about:config -> media.autoplay.enabled -> set to False. You must click on the small 'Play' button to the left of the seek bar to play the video. Sometimes twice on some sites. Small price to pay, though. Chrome surely has something similar...
So if I pay... (Score:2)
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What not going to wait just one day?? (Score:2)
Then it would make real sense since
Remember Remember the Fifth of November...
is already a thing ( a cross the pond thing but...)
The gunshot you just heard (Score:1)
Cool (Score:3)
Another establishment group-think cesspool blocked by a paywall. Between that and the huge numbers dropping cable TV service CNN won't be seen outside airports.
Oh please (Score:2)
Not all is lost! (Score:1)
You will still be able to get CNN fake news for free.
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Sweet, sweet irony (Score:2)
It plans to launch tiered subscription offerings for its digital news business [wsj.com] (Editor's note: the link could be paywalled . . .
Financial over optimistic? (Score:1)