Even non-commercial media rely on transferring cost to users through licence fees, donations from listeners, viewers, or readers, or grants from companies and foundations that have wrestled their funds from the public in some form of earlier commercial activity. — Robert G. Picard Copy Share Image
I believe that online paid content hasn't worked for general circulation newspapers because consumers weren't ready for it, because the implementation did not deliver… — Robert G. Picard Copy Share Image
Even non-commercial media rely on transferring cost to users through licence fees, donations from listeners, viewers, or readers, or grants from companies and foundations… — Robert G. Picard Copy Share Image
Merely transferring the content of existing newspapers online and expecting payment won't work because they are two separate business concepts. — Robert G. Picard Copy Share Image
What most news people don't comprehend is that most of the public are not heavy information seekers - unlike journalists and the smaller portion… — Robert G. Picard Copy Share Image
The biggest challenge for newspapers has been that the public has far more choices for news, information, and diversion than in the past. — Robert G. Picard Copy Share Image
It is usually a mistake to reject something merely because it has been tried before and didn't work. — Robert G. Picard Copy Share Image
Charging for news online won't work if what is provided is the same as is available elsewhere. — Robert G. Picard Copy Share Image
It is useless to put news agency stories behind the paid curtain because they are available in thousands of other places that will be… — Robert G. Picard Copy Share Image
