First of all charging for online news content will lead to a more democratic society as people may not be able to afford to read several different articles all which may come at a cost. This would mean people are more likely to stick to their subscribed news provider.
Also, adding a cost to online content could lead to a decline in people receiving news from professional institutes and instead turn to each other through channels such as social networking sites e.g twitter and Facebook Not only will this reduce the quality of news produced by also lead to less reliable information being circulated.
In my opinion charging for online content will not be popular due to the fact that it rarely costs any money to publish things online, therefore people are unlikely to support and trust information from an institute who's aim is to make money, also the fact that most content online from social networking sites to youtube are free therefore why should we have to pay for news.
I am hoping this letter will make you realise the negative effect charging for news will have and i hope to hear from you soon.
Yours sincerely,
Ruby
The internet has given the readers much more power, too much power if you ask me. I understand what you have to say but news still costs money to gather and report so why should I not charge? If all the news organisations stand together and create a ‘pay wall’, as you call it, consumers will have to adapt to this change. You may or may not have heard what my son, James, has said recently “it is essential for the future of independent digital journalism that a fair price can be charged for news to people who value it.” Newspapers pay a vital role in democracy and charging would save them, society will suffer if we let them die. You don’t take into consideration the jobs that could be lost if newspapers were to ‘die’ but I have to take them into consideration, they are my employees. You may not agree with the so called ‘pay wall’ but we here at NewsCorp hold a very strong opinion on it and I will persuade other major news organisations to make a stand to. If you believe the quality of news will not be up to standards may you should subscribe to The Times.
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