I spent a bit of time talking about the Times paywall today for both BBC News 24 and their 6 o’clock news programme (on iPlayer here). One particular aspect which didn’t make the final cut concerned how paywalls challenge the commercial decisions behind the traditional news mix, so I’ve recorded it below.
UPDATE: More thoughts:
[...] OK then, I’ll talk about the Times paywall | Online Journalism Blog And on the blog: OK then, I'll talk about the Times paywall http://bit.ly/b3AnJr (tags: via:packrati.us) [...]
[...] Does anyone actually read those lengthy travel narratives in newspapers anymore? After all, travel features are really just a vanity in that the travel section is not written for you, the consumer, but for the advertisers who desperately need content on which to hang their product. This in turn funds the news part of the editorial mix – as Paul Bradshaw from the Online Journalism Blog reminds us in this Audioboo about the Times paywall. [...]
[...] OK then, I’ll talk about the Times paywall [...]