Got any idea of how to make money from news in the online era? Well prepare for the media giants to beat a path to your door, as they struggle with plunging print advertising revenues and an audience that seems to think news should be free.

Source: BBC Technology news

Date: December 1st, 2015

Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34943524

Discussion

1) The article talks about a Dutch news service idea “called Blendle…that allows the Dutch papers – which have all signed up to the service – to charge small payments for individual articles.”  The articles sell for between 20 and 90 cents, and if you don’t like the article you can get a refund.  Why is this a good idea for news, or not?

2) What other services might benefit from this approach?