specialist yes (finance, economics, industry news etc.), but most of which is actually

free if you know where to get it.
However, the amount of subscription-only info we give our clients access to is rising every year (newspapers, analyst reports etc etc). This is something that we obviously talk up to make sales so we are aware of the upward trend in paid content

Posted By: Worzel Scrimmage on February 2nd 2011 at 21:25:42

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Another good example of Murdoch trying to charge for something which you can get for free (General Chat) - John in Texas, Feb 2, 20:38:51
- "Rupert Murdoch wants to reverse the trend of free web content" (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 2, 20:41:51
  - Sounds like he needs to wake up and small the coffee (n/m) (General Chat) - John in Texas, Feb 2, 20:44:24
    - or even *smell* (n/m) (General Chat) - John in Texas, Feb 2, 20:44:42
      - you think? funnily enough paid content on the web is increasing (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 2, 20:54:00
        
        The majority of the turnover increase comes from sport not publications (n/m) (General Chat) - John in Texas, Feb 2, 22:58:01
        
        what are you on about, this is a finance site (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 2, 23:56:56
        
        that asks the question what content would you pay for on the net (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Feb 2, 21:16:14
        
        specialist publication (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 2, 21:14:32
        
        and i don't mean 'specialist' as in porn (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 2, 21:14:59
        
        specialist yes (finance, economics, industry news etc.), but most of which is actually (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 2, 21:25:42
        
        aye, it's working for the FT n'all - though i have no professional interest in buying a su (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 2, 21:31:09
        
        they all want to though. I expect them all to go to subs, but have 'some' free content (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 2, 21:36:35

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