Comments on: INDenver Times Fails To Reach Goal http://www.kurtboyer.com/2009/04/23/indenver-times-fails-to-reach-goal/ Colorado Cowboy and Reality TV Superstar Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:51:51 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Wayne Harrison http://www.kurtboyer.com/2009/04/23/indenver-times-fails-to-reach-goal/comment-page-1/#comment-329 Wayne Harrison Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:36:45 +0000 http://www.kurtboyer.com/?p=60#comment-329 They were going for the former subscribers of the Rocky Mountain News. The thinking was, we are the staff of the former Rocky. They used to pay to subscribe to the newspaper, therefore we'll offer them a subscription to our online paper from the same family of reporters they've grown to known and trust. With that said, who pays for news on the Internet? I never saw this getting off the ground with that model. They were going for the former subscribers of the Rocky Mountain News. The thinking was, we are the staff of the former Rocky. They used to pay to subscribe to the newspaper, therefore we’ll offer them a subscription to our online paper from the same family of reporters they’ve grown to known and trust.

With that said, who pays for news on the Internet? I never saw this getting off the ground with that model.

]]> By: David Martin http://www.kurtboyer.com/2009/04/23/indenver-times-fails-to-reach-goal/comment-page-1/#comment-328 David Martin Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:17:21 +0000 http://www.kurtboyer.com/?p=60#comment-328 Kurt, I agree completely. I had heard of the website and visited once or twice and thought that it may be a new version of the Rocky. Then, I went to Opening Day at Coors Field and people were handing out business cards that offered a free one month subscription. I thought to myself "are they crazy, the beauty of online news is that it is free." Sure there are sites that you have to have a subscription to be an "insider," but the reality is, you can get 95% of those sites content without the subscription. The money is not made by the consumer, it is made by the advertisers. Kurt,
I agree completely. I had heard of the website and visited once or twice and thought that it may be a new version of the Rocky. Then, I went to Opening Day at Coors Field and people were handing out business cards that offered a free one month subscription. I thought to myself “are they crazy, the beauty of online news is that it is free.” Sure there are sites that you have to have a subscription to be an “insider,” but the reality is, you can get 95% of those sites content without the subscription.
The money is not made by the consumer, it is made by the advertisers.

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