Comments on: The Problem with Paid Content http://www.gypsybandito.com/the-problem-with-paid-content/ The wandering thoughts of a digital nomad... Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:20:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sanj http://www.gypsybandito.com/the-problem-with-paid-content/comment-page-1/#comment-10210 Sanj Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:51:41 +0000 http://www.gypsybandito.com/?p=878#comment-10210 Did you steal that graphic from Vitold? Did you steal that graphic from Vitold?

]]> By: CT Moore http://www.gypsybandito.com/the-problem-with-paid-content/comment-page-1/#comment-9636 CT Moore Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:42:13 +0000 http://www.gypsybandito.com/?p=878#comment-9636 @Fagstein, my point is just that as a consumer, I am unlikely to pay for UGC-style content. Networks like ESPN can distribute their content online with advertising integrated with the content, so they can navigate the online revenue problem. It's guys like Loren Feldman that I'm talking about, though. Their content might be popular, but when it comes to monetizing, I think the onus is upon them to find a revenue model, and I think that it's unlikely that users are unlikely to pay for subscription to that kind of content. So they have to get their biz-dev on, and think up alternative way to monetize. That's all I was getting at, Steve. MSM outlets that are shutting down are really just succumbing to market forces. Basically, through a mix of a shift in demand for multi-media and their own failure to adapt to a new medium, they're failing to compete. I think that it sucks, and I wish we weren't losing valuable news outlets that help support local, provincial, and state democracies. But I think that in 10 years time, it'll work out and a between a blend of innovative outlets and new market entrants, that role will be filled again. @Fagstein, my point is just that as a consumer, I am unlikely to pay for UGC-style content. Networks like ESPN can distribute their content online with advertising integrated with the content, so they can navigate the online revenue problem.

It’s guys like Loren Feldman that I’m talking about, though. Their content might be popular, but when it comes to monetizing, I think the onus is upon them to find a revenue model, and I think that it’s unlikely that users are unlikely to pay for subscription to that kind of content. So they have to get their biz-dev on, and think up alternative way to monetize.

That’s all I was getting at, Steve. MSM outlets that are shutting down are really just succumbing to market forces. Basically, through a mix of a shift in demand for multi-media and their own failure to adapt to a new medium, they’re failing to compete.

I think that it sucks, and I wish we weren’t losing valuable news outlets that help support local, provincial, and state democracies. But I think that in 10 years time, it’ll work out and a between a blend of innovative outlets and new market entrants, that role will be filled again.

]]> By: Fagstein http://www.gypsybandito.com/the-problem-with-paid-content/comment-page-1/#comment-9626 Fagstein Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:56:09 +0000 http://www.gypsybandito.com/?p=878#comment-9626 Except these cable channels ARE being monetized through subscription revenue. It may be a few cents or a dollar per subscriber, but that adds up especially when you have few expenses. Conventional television networks want subscriber fees from cable providers for exactly this reason. ESPN 360 has already tried <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESPN360" rel="nofollow">going after ISPs</a> for subscription revenue and they seem to be pretty successful at it. The only problem is that this is the opposite of a free Internet. Your suggestion that everyone just starve is essentially what's being followed now, as TV stations shut down, radio stations use more syndicated content and newspapers large and small cease to exist. Except these cable channels ARE being monetized through subscription revenue. It may be a few cents or a dollar per subscriber, but that adds up especially when you have few expenses. Conventional television networks want subscriber fees from cable providers for exactly this reason.

ESPN 360 has already tried going after ISPs for subscription revenue and they seem to be pretty successful at it. The only problem is that this is the opposite of a free Internet.

Your suggestion that everyone just starve is essentially what’s being followed now, as TV stations shut down, radio stations use more syndicated content and newspapers large and small cease to exist.

]]>