Advance to end August 2009. I happened to stray across an article late on a Thursday evening that made me sit up. And not only did I think that the story was interesting but several colleagues called me to discuss what they too had read. The industry had got excited about something… [...]
One of the points that caught my attention was when the discussion turned to the talk of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation looking into how they charge for content on the web…not just to the consumer but also to the news aggregators such as Google & Yahoo. This caught my interest because other than publications like the Wall Street Journal most newspaper publications on the internet are free. Subscription models, unless attached to a specialty publication such as the Wall Street Journal, general don’t tend to work and we have seen numerous attempts at it in the past. [...]
Again the adventure in all this is not knowing what you want before walking into the store and then walking away with a win at half the price – but also I love the thought that these CDs are getting a 2nd chance at life and avoiding become part of the land fill problem we have to address. So cheap and environmentally friendly – what more could you ask for on a Saturday?? [...]