Would you pay to read your newspaper online?
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There appears to be a trend towards getting web users to pay for reading their newspaper of choice content online, in some cases a charge of £1 is being levied. Would you pay to read your newspaper online when so much news and information is available free?
Answers (19)
I wouldn't. I have no reason to read the news, really. I do it for ten minutes at work, when on my lunch break, to pass some time, but I wouldn't miss it if I couldn't, when as you say, all information is available elsewhere.
No, i sometimes dont even have chance to read the daily papers we do buy! I watch the news on the TV.
that's what i do and only look at the paper if tv is rubbish
With two small children, once they are in bed i chill out on the internet, reading, tv etc and often forget the papers are even there.
No, cant see the point of that.
No I certainly wouldn't pay for it. I only really buy a paper on a Sunday and not always depending on what I am doing. I do get related emails on the news sections of interest to me from two newspapers but if they were going to charge I would just go elsewhere if I needed to.
No certainly, I think it is foolish of the news companies to even start something like this and even more foolish are those who would pay to read news on line when they can watch on TV for free.
you only have to flick through all the chanels we have these days and if you love the news so much you can watch it 24/7
It is ridiculous to have to pay to read articles online. The newspaper companies already charge for people to buy the paper. And tit4tat is right - people can just watch the TV news for free. So why bother reading the papers at all?
In terms of news, most papers are yesterdays news by the time you read them. BBC.co.uk and Sky.com offer excellent news services and are immediate in their response to breaking news stories. I think Murdoch would ultimately like to control all global news on an exclusive basis, like his company does with premier league football, and make hefty profits from this!
That is true. But then again, the News Programmes on TV also immediately report breaking news. So, why pay for access to news stories online when you can view them for free on the news channels?
The sites I mentioned are free and I was trying to make the comparison with online services already available.
nope i wouldnt. and i dont think most people would pay. there are plenty of other resources plus they are all ready profiting out of adverts etc.
whoever has had this daft idea is not going to be very popular i think
haha i know its completely stupid!
No, I love reading the paper daily but I also like doing the Sudoku etc. I wouldn't pay to read it online. I'd just watch on tv or listen to the radio and buy a puzzle book.
A friend bought the Daily Telegraph everyday and loved the crossword. When she retired, mainly through cost, she now listens to radio or T.V news and pays £25 a year for the Telegraph crossword to be emailed to her daily and she prints it off and is totally happy doing so.
Yes, sounds a good idea.
Quick answer ;NO
I'm glad you brought this up, Parchester, there's been a lot of debate about it recently, with newspaper companies defending this by comparing it with having to pay to download music online. My answer is no, there is no way i am paying for something i can get for free on the excellent BBC News website, or on the tv news channels, or on the radio. I buy a sunday paper, but haven't bought a daily paper in years.
No I wouldn't pay there are plenty with no fees and for news the www is your oyster.
we all get charged fat to much for this and that and i agree you can find anything you want on the web
yes so right they have a nerve to ask
No I wouldnt. I tend to use the BBC website anyway and we already pay a licence fee to the bbc for the tv channels
no not me they are only full of rubish any way and you only have to go to the website of said papper and you can see it all
No way!! I don't buy newspapers and I won't pay for online newspapers either. Really can't think of any reason for paying for news / sports results / drivel / gossip / politics / horoscopes / opinionated 'reviews' ...... oh, and 'celebrity' lives !!!!!! WHY ???????
I would never pay for online news. I buy a paper at the weekend to read and relax with and I read the free Metro every day when at work. Other than this there is the BBC news website and their news programmes and channel which is more than adequate.
No as there are so many ways to get news for free. I rarely buy a paper as i get the Metro on the tube to work.
If someone would get a quality news source out there, that I could rely on to not be rampantly partisan, and report the news, ask good questions, and give facts, rather than trying to influence events which is what many media outlets seem to be doing at the moment then sure. At the moment, no. My mum pays for her Times subscription at the moment, but I wonder how long that will last...
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that is so right