Epic fail! After 3 Months, Only 35 Subscriptions for Newsday's Web Site

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    http://www.observer.com/2010/media/after-three-months-only-35-subscriptions-newsdays-web-site
     
    SlyPokerDog, Jan 26, 2010
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    It's hard to offer something for free on the internet and then expect people to pay a subscription fee.
     
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    the better way to do this is to offer the E-edition of the newspaper IMO. I have one for the LA Times. although it does load a bit slow.
     
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    Good point.
     
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    The LA Times is more liberal than Newsday. That's why it's more popular.
     
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    plus its the only major newspaper in LA.

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    The post has an e-edition, it gives the same sense of reading the paper, they should do it for mags too
     
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    Content editors need to break out of the browser. Provide a more secure way of delivering content that they can stop reproduction of and can charge for.

    Something like what Time is thinking with this hypothetical:

    [video=youtube;ntyXvLnxyXk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntyXvLnxyXk[/video]

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