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Mondo Times editors    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 8:56am on Monday, December 7th, 2009

News Should Not Be Free, Publisher Of Bild Says

The New York Times reported on December 7, 2009:

"Instead of separate pay walls around individual newspaper Web sites, Christoph Keese, head of Springer publishing in Germany, wants publishers and Internet companies to work together to create a “one-click marketplace solution” for their online content.

In that system, Google or other Internet gateways would display links to newspaper articles, videos and other content from a variety of providers, as search engines do now. But some of the items would include something new: a price tag.

What kind of content would come at a cost? Any “noncommodity journalism,” Mr. Keese said, citing pictures of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy cavorting poolside with models at his villa in Sardinia — published this year by the Spanish daily El País — as an example.

“How much would people pay for that? Surely €5,” he said."

The full story:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/07/business/media/07iht-springer07.html