Online Newspapers Charging for Usage
Thursday, September 10, 2009
By Brianna Carlson
According to The New York Times, Google is currently setting up a program which will allow online newspapers to charge users through Google. The charge is in the form of micropayments.
Google's micropayment system will be an addition to Google Checkout. One main competitor of Google Checkout is eBay's PayPal service. Google's micropayment system could have a strong impact on the competitor, eBay's PayPal service.
This micropayment system is in the process of being set up but should be within the next year. It will allow a variation in the amount of payment according to the newspaper.
Many newspapers have been devastated with the economic situation. Since this is a problem, many publishers are looking for new ways to charge users. Google could be the next step.
1 comments:
I think this is okay to begin to charge to view online newspapers through Google. The reason why so many print newspapers are disappearing is because people never had to pay before to view them in the convenience of their own home online, where as they had to subscribe, pay, and go out to their mailbox to get their printed paper. This might level-out the playing field between print and media newspapers. I hope it does, because it would be very sad to see more papers disappear and more journalists get fired.
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