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7. Micropayments or Subscriptions? http://business.theage.com.au/business/new-york-times-mulls-website-access-fee-20090710-deyt.html
8. But What About Backlash?… the recession? … or people with no money?
9. Or Worse, Selling “Access”? Washington Post sells access, $25,000+ By: Mike Allen, July 2, 2009 For $25,000 to $250,000, The Washington Post has offered lobbyists and association executives off-the-record, non-confrontational access to "those powerful few": Obama administration officials, members of Congress, and — at first — even the paper’s own reporters and editors. The astonishing offer was detailed in a flier circulated Wednesday to a health care lobbyist, who provided it to a reporter because the lobbyist said he felt it was a conflict for the paper to charge for access to, as the flier says, its “health care reporting and editorial staff." The offer — which essentially turns a news organization into a facilitator for private lobbyist-official encounters — was a new sign of the lengths to which news organizations will go to find revenue at a time when most newspapers are struggling for survival. http://sweetness-light.com/archive/wapost-sells-access-to-obama-for-25k
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