Charging for news online won't work if what is provided is the same as is available elsewhere. — 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
