Comments on: WSJ’s Thomson Echoes Murdoch On Google — And Then Some: ‘Parasites’, ‘Tech Tapeworms’` http://paidcontent.org/2009/04/07/419-wsjs-thomson-echoes-murdoch-on-google-and-then-some-parasites-tech-tape/ The economics of digital content Mon, 20 May 2013 16:10:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Dan Taylor http://paidcontent.org/2009/04/07/419-wsjs-thomson-echoes-murdoch-on-google-and-then-some-parasites-tech-tape/#comment-68432 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:34:26 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2009/04/07/419-wsjs-thomson-echoes-murdoch-on-google-and-then-some-parasites-tech-tape/#comment-68432 Curious: just how sophisticated to microtransaction systems have to be? I want content, I'll pay for it, just give me a way to do it. In over thinking this, aren't newspapers shooting themselves in the foot before the horse has even left the gate?

]]> By: Richard http://paidcontent.org/2009/04/07/419-wsjs-thomson-echoes-murdoch-on-google-and-then-some-parasites-tech-tape/#comment-68431 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:22:49 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2009/04/07/419-wsjs-thomson-echoes-murdoch-on-google-and-then-some-parasites-tech-tape/#comment-68431 I don't see how "loyalty" here makes sense for most news readers. What they in general want is timeliness, relevance, sufficient quality and trustworthiness. In the online market where papers across the world are vying for my attention, news is like a commodity and is equally well served by anyone.

At least the same power that prevents some web users from being loyal to a single paper also prevent them from being loyal to a different one.

I'd wish news corporations good luck, but I don't think that can help them now.

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