Will people pay for content?

Paid content seems to be getting a lot of coverage at the moment (not just on this blog!). E-consultancy have put together a nice list of the Five Biggest Paid Content Myths:

• Nobody pays for content
• Content just wants to be free
• We need micropayments
• Content is a commodity
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Paid content is a solution to the print media's woes

It's an interesting read. One of the comments makes the very good point, that we'll always have the issue of the BBC and their (IMHO) excellent online content in the UK.

I've also attached an article about the success of the Financial Times, which has been charging since 2002.

Read more:
http://econsultancy.com/blog/4389-the-five-biggest-paid-content-myths

Financial Times doesn't want to be free:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/17/business/media/17ft.html