Comments on: The Flawed Online Video Model: Same as Newspapers (Part 1) http://www.rikinontheweb.com/the-flawed-online-video-model-same-as-newspapers-part-1 A blog about how digital media and the internet are effecting our lives. Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:50:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: rikin http://www.rikinontheweb.com/the-flawed-online-video-model-same-as-newspapers-part-1/comment-page-1#comment-320 rikin Sat, 06 Jun 2009 03:25:11 +0000 http://www.rikinontheweb.com/?p=503#comment-320 Great points nisha... in Part 2 (when i get to it) I'll give a few <br>thoughts on what I think is coming after the paywall. Thanks for <br>stopping by! Great points nisha… in Part 2 (when i get to it) I'll give a few
thoughts on what I think is coming after the paywall. Thanks for
stopping by!

]]> By: Nisha http://www.rikinontheweb.com/the-flawed-online-video-model-same-as-newspapers-part-1/comment-page-1#comment-319 Nisha Sat, 06 Jun 2009 01:48:20 +0000 http://www.rikinontheweb.com/?p=503#comment-319 I think paywalls are so unfortunate for the consumer but you're right that there's not really a lot of other options. When NYT used to make people pay for TimesSelect content a couple years back it was just annoying and a constant hassle for any online news reader and they finally got rid of it, although I've heard rumors that they might bring it back now -- or at least bring some form of pay-for-content system to compensate for lost ad revenue. <br><br>I don't think it can last though, whether for news or video. It's totally against the nature of how the internet works to charge for content and limit user access, so I don't think a paywall solution can last long-term. But then that takes us back to the million-dollar question of any media, which is how to find a viable business model on the internet... I'm still waiting for someone to come up with a brilliant answer to that... I think paywalls are so unfortunate for the consumer but you're right that there's not really a lot of other options. When NYT used to make people pay for TimesSelect content a couple years back it was just annoying and a constant hassle for any online news reader and they finally got rid of it, although I've heard rumors that they might bring it back now — or at least bring some form of pay-for-content system to compensate for lost ad revenue.

I don't think it can last though, whether for news or video. It's totally against the nature of how the internet works to charge for content and limit user access, so I don't think a paywall solution can last long-term. But then that takes us back to the million-dollar question of any media, which is how to find a viable business model on the internet… I'm still waiting for someone to come up with a brilliant answer to that…

]]> By: rikin http://www.rikinontheweb.com/the-flawed-online-video-model-same-as-newspapers-part-1/comment-page-1#comment-188 rikin Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:25:11 +0000 http://www.rikinontheweb.com/?p=503#comment-188 Great points nisha... in Part 2 (when i get to it) I'll give a few <br>thoughts on what I think is coming after the paywall. Thanks for <br>stopping by! Great points nisha… in Part 2 (when i get to it) I'll give a few
thoughts on what I think is coming after the paywall. Thanks for
stopping by!

]]> By: Nisha http://www.rikinontheweb.com/the-flawed-online-video-model-same-as-newspapers-part-1/comment-page-1#comment-187 Nisha Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:48:20 +0000 http://www.rikinontheweb.com/?p=503#comment-187 I think paywalls are so unfortunate for the consumer but you're right that there's not really a lot of other options. When NYT used to make people pay for TimesSelect content a couple years back it was just annoying and a constant hassle for any online news reader and they finally got rid of it, although I've heard rumors that they might bring it back now -- or at least bring some form of pay-for-content system to compensate for lost ad revenue. <br><br>I don't think it can last though, whether for news or video. It's totally against the nature of how the internet works to charge for content and limit user access, so I don't think a paywall solution can last long-term. But then that takes us back to the million-dollar question of any media, which is how to find a viable business model on the internet... I'm still waiting for someone to come up with a brilliant answer to that... I think paywalls are so unfortunate for the consumer but you're right that there's not really a lot of other options. When NYT used to make people pay for TimesSelect content a couple years back it was just annoying and a constant hassle for any online news reader and they finally got rid of it, although I've heard rumors that they might bring it back now — or at least bring some form of pay-for-content system to compensate for lost ad revenue.

I don't think it can last though, whether for news or video. It's totally against the nature of how the internet works to charge for content and limit user access, so I don't think a paywall solution can last long-term. But then that takes us back to the million-dollar question of any media, which is how to find a viable business model on the internet… I'm still waiting for someone to come up with a brilliant answer to that…

]]>