Comments on: Hi-Media Looking To Sell Its Micropayments Business http://paidcontent.org/2010/12/15/419-hi-media-looking-to-sell-its-micropayments-business/ The economics of digital content Sat, 25 May 2013 19:05:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Greg Golebiewski http://paidcontent.org/2010/12/15/419-hi-media-looking-to-sell-its-micropayments-business/#comment-81430 Thu, 16 Dec 2010 22:04:21 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2010/12/15/419-hi-media-looking-to-sell-its-micropayments-business/#comment-81430 Right Alexia, but for Robert Andrews to admit that paid content can be a major source of revenues is like admitting that his coverage has been grossly biased. H’s been reporting vigilantly on every little misstep or less successful use of direct payments in the online publishing business and ignoring any indication that people might want to and in fact do pay for content — only the right one, of course. Not every piece of gossip and countless reprints can be monetized.

]]> By: Alexia http://paidcontent.org/2010/12/15/419-hi-media-looking-to-sell-its-micropayments-business/#comment-81429 Thu, 16 Dec 2010 14:55:36 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2010/12/15/419-hi-media-looking-to-sell-its-micropayments-business/#comment-81429 Payments is not the smallest part of Hi-Media. Actually if you see their last reports you will see that Hi-Media payments represents more than 50% of their revenues. Also it is not clear from their release that they are looking to sell their business. It looks more that they are trying to find a way to take advantage from this emerging business.

]]> By: Greg Golebiewski http://paidcontent.org/2010/12/15/419-hi-media-looking-to-sell-its-micropayments-business/#comment-81428 Thu, 16 Dec 2010 13:08:04 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2010/12/15/419-hi-media-looking-to-sell-its-micropayments-business/#comment-81428 “Payments is the smallest but now fastest-growing part of Hi-Media’s business – Q3 income from that division grew 40 percent over a year to €21.7 million this way.”

No? Really? Because for years now you’ve been saying that people hate to pay for content, that micropayments are all doomed, paywalls kill publisher, etc.

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