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Saturday, June 15, 2002
http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/website/view.cgi?dbs=Article&key=1024080657&format=full Aggregators, Assimilators, Analysts and Advisors Stephen Downes In his newsletter today, Elliott Masie wrote, "I never balked at paying for a print newspaper, yet this was a bridge to cross before I could feel good about paying for an e-newspaper. Ironically, the paper tells me they have gotten way fewer subscribers than they thought! So, they are playing with their pricing and business models. I am intrigued about readers' thoughts about your own response to paying for e-content, whether it be a daily newspaper or knowledge flows." What follows is my response to him. The whole question of subscription fees for online newspapers is a useful area of enquiry. The analogy with e-learning is significant, and many of the lessons providers of online learning content are about to learn have already been learned in the online media community....
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