revenue strategies online newspapers 1996 | 2005 donica mensing reynolds school of journalism university of nevada, reno
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revenue models (Mings & White, 2000) advertising model subscription model transaction model bundled model
1996 mail survey Population: (Nearly) all online newspapers publishing daily news in the U.S. as of April total. Survey sent to person in charge of online site 83 responses -- a 44.3% return rate
2005 online survey Population: (Nearly) all online newspapers publishing daily news in the U.S. as of Feb ,040 total. Survey ed to person in charge of online site 242 responses -- a 23.3% return rate
classified advertising
display advertising
subscriptions
archives
other comparisons micropayments registration attitudes towards print promising strategies
“In the next few years we will have a system of micropayments and will charge very small amounts for visitors to purchase content by the piece.”
requiring users to register
Perceptions of the impact of the online site on the print product
Summary of open-ended answers to the question: “What do you think are the most promising profit strategies for publishing Web newspapers?”
what have we learned?