Comments on: Would newspaper micro payments influence what kind of stories get printed? http://bloggasm.com/would-newspaper-micro-payments-influence-what-kind-of-stories-get-printed Thu, 10 Mar 2011 02:39:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Gary Scott http://bloggasm.com/would-newspaper-micro-payments-influence-what-kind-of-stories-get-printed/comment-page-1#comment-83500 Gary Scott Wed, 13 May 2009 17:33:05 +0000 http://bloggasm.com/?p=2623#comment-83500 This is something I've wondered about for a long time: http://reporter-g.blogspot.com/2008/04/hits-based-journalism-kevin-roderick-at.html This is something I’ve wondered about for a long time:

http://reporter-g.blogspot.com/2008/04/hits-based-journalism-kevin-roderick-at.html

]]> By: Drew http://bloggasm.com/would-newspaper-micro-payments-influence-what-kind-of-stories-get-printed/comment-page-1#comment-83498 Drew Wed, 13 May 2009 16:31:25 +0000 http://bloggasm.com/?p=2623#comment-83498 Wait, so journalists would have to start working on stories there's an actual market for, instead of feeling like they are using the rubes buying the paper for the obituaries to subsidize their higher pursuits? Maybe zoning board recaps are really really important. But if people aren't actually willing to pay you to produce them then tough luck, chum. No one has a civic duty to pay the NYTimes extra money for articles they aren't going to read. And if you want to write those articles, then find a different revenue stream to subsidize that sort of work. Wait, so journalists would have to start working on stories there’s an actual market for, instead of feeling like they are using the rubes buying the paper for the obituaries to subsidize their higher pursuits?

Maybe zoning board recaps are really really important. But if people aren’t actually willing to pay you to produce them then tough luck, chum. No one has a civic duty to pay the NYTimes extra money for articles they aren’t going to read. And if you want to write those articles, then find a different revenue stream to subsidize that sort of work.

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