Feb 8, 2010

MediaNews paywall, coming soon

BusinessWeek has a reminder article that MediaNews Group plans to start charging for some content. The paywalls go up in May at papers in Chico, California and York, Pennsylvania.

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is like trying to get people to book passage on the Titanic years after it sank.

Anonymous said...

The paywall goes up in May and the layoffs will start in June.

These folks really need to sit down and think these ideas through. The special printer idea (remember that) well I haven't heard of them making any money off it.

Just about every paper that has tried to make money via the net has failed - this is just moving deck chairs around.

Why not just go with original content on the net and preview the paper. It's MARKETING tool.

Anonymous said...

oy. this is going to cause them to have further layoffs etc. wow. what a ludicrous idea to implement NOW.

Anonymous said...

9:50am
Layoffs in June?
Where did this info come from?

Anonymous said...

Paywall. Yeah, it worked *SO* well for Newsday, didn't it?
http://www.observer.com/2010/media/after-three-months-only-35-subscriptions-newsdays-web-site

Anonymous said...

Not going to make a nickle. Why would you pay when you can get better content for free?

Anonymous said...

9:50 yeah i heard that too. for some reason everyone is comfy cozy thinking these papers are not loosing money and they are believeing all the rhetoric. going to be in for a rude awakening. trust me. they are not losing as much money b/c they decimated the product and made money off all those jobs including the valencia press shut down. THINK people. THINK. i worry about folks who have their head in the sand and think it's going to be biz as usual. just wait.

Anonymous said...

9:55
Okay, what are we supposed to be thinking? Would you mind providing facts concerning your predictions of doom?

Anonymous said...

predictions of doom? take a look at the carnage over the past three years at this group. you think it will stop? come on, they don't have a clue. if i had to wager this group winning an obstacle course race with the braille institute, it wouldn't be on the boys from denver. they will continue to lose bodies because they simply dont know how to grow and run a business. did they just now get smart? this pay wall will fail because as said earlier you can get the crap for free and better many other places. have you looked at their content? who would pay for it? and, would you?

Anonymous said...

Of all the firms in all the world, this one really sucks.

Anonymous said...

It will work as well as their management team.

Anonymous said...

The only wall these twits can put up is a wall of ignorance.