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>Exactly. Newspapers have to start doing this. And I'm >guessing that over time the PG will put more and more >of its online content behind the "pay wall." I just >wonder how many people are going to want to pay for >what they had been getting for free. > >>Every journalist I've met since the Internet came >>about has been lamenting the fact that their hard work >>is given away on the web. Since you seem to be one of >>those folks who wants everything for free, I can >>clearly deduce that you're not a journalist. >> >>Face facts...every publisher on the planet will >>eventually close their doors if they can't figure out >>how to get paid for the product they produce. I don't >>begrudge the PG their attempt at making that model >>work. Let's hope it makes a few bucks for them so we >>can figure out how to do it ourselves, lest we wind up >>greeting folks at the door of the local WalMart. >> >>>I pay seventy-five cents six days a week for an >>>ever-thinning Post-Gazette, and now I am invited to >>>pay an extra $3.99 each month for premium features >>>otherwise not available on the Web site. I feel that >>>the seventy-five cents I pay each weekday should >>>entitle me to the very best that the P-G can offer. >>>The newspaper is now tacitly admitting that it's >>>withholding the very best of its contents from its >>>core newsstand-copy-buying readers. I guess I am >>>going to quit buying the paper and just browse the >>>free online version. I've been loyal to the paper, >>>but the paper has been loyal to neither its >>>journalists nor its readers. I guess I've reached >the >>>point where I am no longer going to pay for the P-G.

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