Here’s a Powerpoint of my presentation the News 2.0 Forum on 9/9/09: Buy this news, please?
(Right-click and download it if you want – just don’t steal it, man)
Bibliography
Here’s a big list of links to where I got the information included in the presentation. When I have time, I’ll come back and make this look a lot prettier.
ProPublica’s story on Memorial Hospital in New Orleans
American Prospect’s column on government-subsized news
MinOnline’s top paid models worth watching
Steve Outing’s thoughts on micropayments
Chat featuring Steve Outing and others discussing business models
Jeff Jarvis talks about online memberships vs subscriptions
Online Journalism Blog looks at the ad-supported model
Pew report on the drop in classified ads
A look at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s “freemium” site
American Journalism Review’s praise for pay walls
Neiman Lab looks at how paying for news is a new thing
Michael Kinsley’s column on how he believes asking readers to pay will not work