How much are consumers willing to pay for online news? About $4.64 a month, according to a new study — though almost half the respondents said they wouldn’t pay at all.
Paid news content
Google: “‘Open’ need not mean free”
Google — the bane of newspaper companies everywhere for its free aggregation of their news — is now developing a micropayment platform for media outlets to charge for their online content. A foot in both camps? Read their pitch to the Newspaper Association of America here (PDF).
How Bill O’Reilly is ahead of the game in paid online news
As media moguls battle to figure out how they can make a buck from their online content, Fox News presenter Bill O’Reilly is already doing it, creating a nice little earner by selling “Premium Memberships” to BillOreilly.com
Economist to charge for online content
Another magazine is joining the growing cohort of news outlets charging for their content online: The Economist, who are expected to develop an implement a payment model within six months.
The pornification of news
It’s ironic that the paid-online-news movement is being led by Rupert Murdoch, a man who has pioneered the production of worthless, sensationalist “tragedy porn”, says Simon Dumenco.
The future of news: networked, non-profit… NPR 
News Corp harnesses the power of its global content
NewsCore is an in-house news wire that will make all of News Corp’s content instantly available to its entire network of TV, print and online news outlets, says Stephen Brook. Is this the step before putting online content behind a paywall?
Why people will pay for News
News Limited’s plan to put online content behind a paywall has been considered by many as ridiculous. But there are many opportunities there (think sport and Andrew Bolt) and they shouldn’t be underestimated, says Dave Gaukroger.
Why newspapers should stick to making newspapers
Just because newspaper publishers would like to dominate internet-based reporting, doesn’t mean they can — or should, says Tim Lee: newspapers are in the newspaper business, and that is what they should be seeking to make profitable.
Why the old media dinosaurs aren’t extinct yet
The internet sneered and jeered at Rupert Murdoch’s announcement that News Corp will start charging for online news: “We won’t pay”. But the success of Apple’s iTunes and App store proves they will pay, says Leslie Nassar. Maybe the old man isn’t such a dinosaur after all…
Can big-name bylines sell online news?
Will readers pay for online news if the stories are written by big-name journalists? Maybe, says Roy Greenslade, but people want more from their news than just one “star” writer.
Online content worth paying for
If Rupert Murdoch is going to start charging for online news content, he could start by putting up a gallery of old New York Post front pages, says Glynnis MacNicol: that is worth paying for.
Crikey Says: Some free advice for Fairfax: don’t charge for online news
Why should Fairfax surrender its leading position to level the playing field and improve Murdoch’s second-class online status in Australia?
Super Friends? News Corp. push for paid news power team
News Corp. have rallied together the New York Times Co., Washington Post Co., Hearst Corp. and Tribune Co. in an attempt to persuade the group of power publishers to charge for online news. The pitch? If every outlet does it, consumers won’t rebel, everyone profits.
Crisis of content
Despite the turbulence in the media industry, one old adage remains true: content is king. But the idea that advertising alone can fund that content clearly has to be re-assessed. There are other other ways, says Lars Bastholm — and they may not be what you, or Rupert Murdoch, thinks.
Tony Martin: will the media make you a junkie?
Was free web news content supposed to be a drug, getting us hooked and then we’d be desperate to pay to get our next hit of Kyle Sandilands? asks Tony Martin.
Economist launches “single-issue subscriptions”
Uh, I think we used to call this “buying a magazine”. The Economist joins the great media scramble to offer new and different ways to charge for news.
FT.com to go pay-per-article
The Financial Times, which already paywall a significant chunk of their online content, are set to take charging for online news a step further with a “pay-per-article” scheme, allowing readers to buy access to individual news articles, just like an mp3 on iTunes.
How to have your paywall and eat it too
Last week’s revelation that newspaper publishers are planning to ask readers to pay for online content has been greeted in many quarters as some kind of gigantic gamble. But where, precisely, is the gamble? asks Eric Beecher.
A history lesson for Australian media outlets
Australian media outlets desperately attempting to apply the newspaper revenue model to online content would do well to look at how this wound up for the music industry, says OzSoapbox. Spoiler: it didn’t work out well.
Goodbye free news
The free content gravy train has come to an end in Australia, says Gary Sauer-Thompson, with News Ltd and now Fairfax moving to charge for access to their websites. But could this be a boon for bloggers and spawn the creation of more local news sites?
Fairfax to charge for online news
Hot on the heels of Rupert Murdoch’s announcement that all News Corp news sites will soon be charging for online content, Fairfax Media boss Brian McCarthy has announced plans to erect a paywall on both The Age and Sydney Morning Herald websites.
Sunday Times will be Murdoch’s guinea pig
Rupert Murdoch will use the website of the Sunday Times as the testing ground for his new business strategy of charging for online news content.
Wolff and Kohler: Rupert will make you pay
Newser’s Michael Wolff and Business Spectator’s Alan Kohler examine the merits of Rupert Murdoch’s pay plan.
Telegraph: Murdoch has balls
The “last great newspaperman” is taking his last great stand, says Andrew Keen. And although he may ultimately fail to be the one to crack the digital economy, it’s not like any of his rival upstart new media competitors have managed yet, either.
