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Seems expensive, $0.10 to read an article?
Have you ever bought a news paper?
In an age where the level of connectivity and communication is so high, most content can be found on the Internet and that before the newspaper is printed.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Have you ever bought a news paper?
I'm going to be the devil's advocate for a second and ask the hard question: "Why would you ?". In an age where the level of connectivity and communication is so high, most content can be found on the Internet and that before the newspaper is printed.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm going to be the devil's advocate for a second and ask the hard question: "Why would you ?". In an age where the level of connectivity and communication is so high, most content can be found on the Internet and that before the newspaper is printed.
Newspapers aren't really about being the first to inform people about something that has happened, but more about being very informative, well-written, objective and complete. Many articles are somewhat timeless, anyways.
It's interesting to see what this approach does for reporting, as the whole economics of news reporting relies on bundling. You have a bureau, say, in Paris and in Iraq. When something interesting happens in Iraq, people buy the paper for that, and it subsidizes the Paris bureau. When something interesting happens in Europe, it subsidies the Iraq bureau. If you let readers unbundle the package, this would no longer w…
The only thing I am really missing is an indication of article length. Knowing the length of an article beforehand will influence my selection, since I prefer (longer) background articles.
The service works great on an iPad and the crew behind Blendle is really responsive to questions. Great work.