RE: UKNM: Subscriptions

[Matt Jones-ONLINE]

> And before you know it, this gap between content value and

> content production cost  means we leap up and say "I know, 

> lets support it

> by advertising".


or a licence fee... ;-)


> I have always supported the fact that content has a value and 

> in certain cases, consumers should pay for it.  Examples off the top of 

> my noddle where content has a price value include:

> 

> (i)    Speed of delivery - where content needs to be 

> delivered quickly (i.e. real time stock prices for milli second trading), content has a value.

> (Interesting that real time stock prices, although falling in 

> value to $5 for as much as you can eat, still (to my knowledge) are charged.


ross- is this content or the "service" you're paying for... speed,

expediencency, editorial filtering, etc. i would say are services, and while

maybe it sounds like a fussy distinction, i think it's an important one to

realise in terms of what people'll pay for.


give people some real value they can feel, rather than another pa newspipe

squirted through a template with some links to amazon...


yaddayaddayadda


jones out xxx 

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