Your favorite newspapers may soon be charging for online content with help from an unlikely source: Google. The search giant, which has been repeatedly blamed for the slow demise of print media, is developing a micropayment system based on Google Checkout that could help newspaper sites charge for small pieces of content. Google submitted its micropayment concept to the Newspaper Association of America in response to a recent request for proposals.
Google might save newspapers?
Micropayments are nothing new, and the idea has been tried before as a way to fill newspaper coffers -- mostly by selling daily electronic editions through services like Newsstand.com. The problem is, no one really knows if charging for one or more articles at a time will work, since readers may balk at paying for online content they are used to getting for free.
More: http://pcworld.com/article/171742/
Google might save newspapers?
Micropayments are nothing new, and the idea has been tried before as a way to fill newspaper coffers -- mostly by selling daily electronic editions through services like Newsstand.com. The problem is, no one really knows if charging for one or more articles at a time will work, since readers may balk at paying for online content they are used to getting for free.
More: http://pcworld.com/article/171742/