Free vs. Paid Debate Grows More Nuanced
publication date: Oct 28, 2009
It’s a decade-old debate: should professional media charge users for quality journalism, or has the explosion of information available on the Web so obliterated information “scarcity” that only ad models are sustainable? At DPAC4 in New York Oct 27, Steven Brill, a principal in Journalism Online, LLC, squared off with Mike Linksvayer, VP of Creative Commons, in what turned out to be a much more nuanced conversation than a “debate.” Watch this 15 minute video of cogent point-counterpoint regarding a transition that both parties believe will result in much smaller newsrooms nationwide.
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