October 2, 2009 | In: News
Hey Internet: Newspapers need your help (even though you maybe sort of helped kill them)
Many credit it for the fall of the newspaper business, but now publishers are turning to their arch-nemesis — the Internet — for a solution. Top of the list? Google.
“Google’s latest proposal entails expanded use of its Checkout product, which currently lets users shop across the Web but sign in in one place. Its newspaper platform would include a similar single sign-on where users could peruse content from different newspapers for one price.”
Other tech companies, such as Microsoft, IBM, and the new Journalism Online are also weighing in with possible remedies to save the crippled industry, but for now it’s unclear what the future of online news will be.
One thing’s for sure: any future pay-as-you-read plan, if successful, will drastically change the face of the Internet. And blogging.
