Newsday has 35 subscribers

[BladeVenom]

Newsday spent $4 million upgrading their site, and made it into a paid subscription news site. Now after 3 months, they have 35 paid subscribers. And who said no one would pay for news on the internet. http://www.observer.com/2010/media/after-three-months-only-35-subscriptions-newsdays-web-site

I wonder if this is going to stop any other sites from trying to switch to a subscription model.

 

[PricklyPete]

Oh wow. That's not promising.

 

[ElFenix]

repost

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2045395

 

[rudder]

you younguns.... let me tell you about a time when AT forums charged subscriptions. Us poor folk had to deal with slow load times. If you could afford it you could get some sweet bandwidth from ATOT.

 

[shira]

Newsday spent $4 million upgrading their site, and made it into a paid subscription news site. Now after 3 months, they have 35 paid subscribers. And who said no one would pay for news on the internet. http://www.observer.com/2010/media/after-three-months-only-35-subscriptions-newsdays-web-site

I wonder if this is going to stop any other sites from trying to switch to a subscription model.

Maybe the online subscribers are paying $120,000 apiece for the privilege.

 

[Robor]

you younguns.... let me tell you about a time when AT forums charged subscriptions. Us poor folk had to deal with slow load times. If you could afford it you could get some sweet bandwidth from ATOT.

Hey, I was poor and I paid. Call me dedicated or call me a sucker. Either way, back then it was worth it! :awe:

 

[dmcowen674]

Newsday spent $4 million upgrading their site, and made it into a paid subscription news site. Now after 3 months, they have 35 paid subscribers. And who said no one would pay for news on the internet. http://www.observer.com/2010/media/after-three-months-only-35-subscriptions-newsdays-web-site

I wonder if this is going to stop any other sites from trying to switch to a subscription model.

Have you've seen anything Republicans won't try to destroy everything about this country?

I would not be surprised if Dolan blames Obama for people not paying for the Newsday pay site.

 

[BladeVenom]

Have you've seen anything Republicans won't try to destroy everything about this country?

I would not be surprised if Dolan blames Obama for people not paying for the Newsday pay site.

He plays both sides. He donated to Hillary.

 

[Vic]

Why buy the cow when milk is free?

 

[TechBoyJK]

Well, this article is a bit misleading. It's a pay site, unless you already have a subscribed service from one of their other business, then it's free. It doesn't mean they only have 35 members.

 

[boomerang]

Have you've seen anything Republicans won't try to destroy everything about this country?

I would not be surprised if Dolan blames Obama for people not paying for the Newsday pay site.

Talk about a one track mind. If you plop your ass down on the can and there's no toilet paper do you blame the Republicans for that too?

That's all, I'll now go back to ignoring your posts as I usually do.

 

[Sinsear]

Have you've seen anything Republicans won't try to destroy everything about this country?

I would not be surprised if Dolan blames Obama for people not paying for the Newsday pay site.

LOL. Dave you used to live on LI. If you knew anything, you would remember that Newsday is a left leaning newspaper.

That said, I still have access because I have Cablevision. But I never go on newsday.com b/c I have it delivered to my house.

 

[BrownShoes]

I hate the navigation on the Newsday site.