OC Register will start charging people to read online

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/register-502037-access-online.html

 

 

[nate]

And I will stop reading the OC Register.  There is nothing unique or exceptional about their content that warrants being paid for.

[yk9001]

My kid plays water polo and swims.  The OC register prep coverage of those very niche sports is unique and exceptional.  I'll pay.  I can't get that coverage anywhere else.

 

There is nothing in their Angels coverage or any other pro sports that I'd pay for.

[katie]

The SD union tribune did this and I stopped reading too. How does this effect articles posted to this website? We won't be able to read them?

[nate]

SDUT is a joke now anyway.

[yk9001]

BTW, I applaud these newspapers for doing this.  We can discuss whether we like (fill in the blank OC Register writer), but it is asinine to put sweat into a product and give it away for free.

[Lhalo]

I won't pay for it. Their website is a joke.

[Tank]

BTW, I applaud these newspapers for doing this.  We can discuss whether we like (fill in the blank OC Register writer), but it is asinine to put sweat into a product and give it away for free.

 

yeah the more i think about it the more okay i am with it.

[Tank]

there's always the exceptional high quality of the l.a. times for those who dislike the OC register.

 

 

 

 

and by high quality i mean the sticky, gooey crud you step on in the street that makes you feel like you need to bathe yourself in Purell.

[Lhalo]

I enjoy the Times because they have no political lean and are unbiased.

 

 

/sarc

[Taylor]

Will slideshows cost anything?

[gotbeer]

It's the trend for all newspapers.  So no biggie.  But having a pure wall is going to hurt them in the longrun.

[nate]

BTW, I applaud these newspapers for doing this.  We can discuss whether we like (fill in the blank OC Register writer), but it is asinine to put sweat into a product and give it away for free.

 

Or they could just earn money through advertising like the other 95% of the journalism websites on the internet.

[yk9001]

Or they could just earn money through advertising like the other 95% of the journalism websites on the internet.

 

 

None of them make shiat from advertising on the web.

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

I should tell that to my buddy who approaches six figures selling ad space (print and online) for a much smaller publication. 

[yk9001]

I should tell that to my buddy who approaches six figures selling ad space (print and online) for a much smaller publication. 

I'm just telling you what I read:

 

Here it is: In 2012, newspapers lost $16 in print ads for every $1 earned in digital ads. And it's getting worse, according to a new report by Pew. In 2011, the ratio was just 10-to-1.

The digital ad revolution, always "just around the corner", remains tantalizingly out of reach for most newspapers, which explains why some stalwarts like the New York Times and Wall Street Journal have moved to subscription models for their websites to bolster digital ad growth. Just today, the Washington Post announced a paywall.

 

 

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/03/this-is-the-scariest-statistic-about-the-newspaper-business-today/274125/

 

I'll stand by my statement.  Newspapers don't make shiat from online ads.

[gotbeer]

YK comes prepared.

[2002_halos_II]

Isn't a daily newspaper a 1.50 or less off the rack?

 

 

I thought the OCR tried this a few years ago then backtracked.

[DowningRules]

Dammit!  I'm going have to get my free run-on sentences and indefensible grammar fsomewhere else now.

[SoCALkid]

They should start paying people to read their articles.

[Chuck]

BTW, I applaud these newspapers for doing this. We can discuss whether we like (fill in the blank OC Register writer), but it is asinine to put sweat into a product and give it away for free.

Absolutely!

 

But the content has to be worth the price of subscription. 

 

I wouldn't pay for Whicker or Miller's stuff. I like Marcia Smith's feature stories, but not at that price. 

[GregAlso]

Just an FYI for all those who read Jeff Fletcher and Marcia Smith's coverage of the Angels, you gots to pay now. As of midnight tonight it goes behind a Paywall until 90 days from it being published. I liked reading it but its not worth $2 a day, the rate for non-subscribers. If you get the paper you can read it on days you get it delivered only. That is all, you may return to your regularly scheduled programming.

[Mile High Dreams]

Newspapers gotta stay alive somehow.

[GregAlso]

Yep, they do, but I just don't think their coverage is worth $2 a day. I also thought others should be advised.

[Mile High Dreams]

There's already a thread on this in the hangout forum.