Business Quote by Robert G. Picard

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

— Robert G. Picard

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

The question I ask myself is what would have happened if newspapers hadn't initially given their content away for free on the Internet. It's…

— Tom Rachman

If money can't be made reporting and writing articles, then professionals simply can't do it anymore. Unless we adopt the position that the amateur…

— Douglas Rushkoff

The digital premium business content model is broken and we should all be taking appropriate steps now to ensure the viability of this business…

— David Moore

A newspaper is a private enterprise owing nothing whatsoever to the public, which grants it no franchise. It is therefore affected with no public…

— William Peter Hamilton

Newspapers are a centre of public culture. We can’t give in to extortion.

— Alexander Lebedev

Newspapers are busily experimenting with different models. Traditionally, and I suspect in hindsight very mistakenly, online news was free. And once given free access…

— Malcolm Turnbull

To own the dominant, or only, newspaper in a mid-sized American city was, for many decades, a kind of license to print money. In…

— Eric Alterman

As both a consumer and producer of newspaper articles, I have no beef with pay walls. But before signing up, I read the fine…

— Richard Thaler

All our reporters and editors now work seamlessly in print and online. This integration has transformed the way we work. I believe this is…

— Lionel Barber

The business model for content is to be paid for it. You can be paid for it either though advertising or subscriptions or some…

— Barry Diller