Hmmm. Wonder if the BBC (which has been making noises about starting to charge for parts of its website(s)) is taking note of this...
John Figliozzi ----- Original Message ----- From: Richard Cuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 7:13 am Subject: [Swprograms] OT, sorta: NY Times to stop charging for parts of their website To: Shortwave programming discussion <[email protected]> > Story here: > > http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/18/business/media/18times.html? _r=1&hp&oref=slogin > > Key quote: > > > > "What changed, The Times said, was that many more readers started > coming to the site from search engines and links on other sites > instead of coming directly to NYTimes.com. These indirect readers, > unable to get access to articles behind the pay wall and less likely > to pay subscription fees than the more loyal direct users, were seen > as opportunities for more page views and increased advertising > revenue. > > ""What wasn't anticipated was the explosion in how much of our traffic > would be generated by Google, by Yahoo and some others," Ms. Schiller > said." > > This is of interest to an international broadcasting discussion > because it demonstrates that people will find a broadcaster's content > via a variety of methods -- not solely by switching on a radio. I've > contended that Radio Netherlands and the VOA are two broadcasters that > benefited by cooperating early on with the "Google News" > initiative -- > with a frequency belying their stature, stories from these two > broadcasters would show up on the first page of "Google News." > > Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA > _______________________________________________ > Swprograms mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms > > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > dx.com?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above. > _______________________________________________ Swprograms mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], or visit the URL shown above.
