Comments on: Will Buteman move to charge for online news? http://forargyll.com/2009/11/will-buteman-move-to-charge-for-online-news/ Fri, 25 May 2012 11:45:04 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tony Gillhttp://forargyll.com/2009/11/will-buteman-move-to-charge-for-online-news/#comment-20604 Tony Gill Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:49:50 +0000 http://forargyll.com/?p=17901#comment-20604 Started by that most unpleasant Aussie, Rupert Murdoch, who seems to think that the drivel his organisation collects is actually worth something. I don't buy any of his papers and I won't pay for the contents of his web sites. I don't buy any Johnston Press titles either, nor will I bother with their web sites. I do buy the Oban Times and the 'squeek' - mainly out of loyalty - and it can be fun. A three minutes silence. Most 'real news' is unpleasant, depressing and unnecessarily raises the anxiety levels of the nation. I'm not going to pay to feel like that - the stuff's available free (well, discounting the Television tax - er, licence) whether I want it or not. So, goodbye Johnston Press. Goodbye, Mr. Murdoch. Close the door on your way out. Started by that most unpleasant Aussie, Rupert Murdoch, who seems to think that the drivel his organisation collects is actually worth something. I don’t buy any of his papers and I won’t pay for the contents of his web sites. I don’t buy any Johnston Press titles either, nor will I bother with their web sites. I do buy the Oban Times and the ‘squeek’ – mainly out of loyalty – and it can be fun. A three minutes silence.

Most ‘real news’ is unpleasant, depressing and unnecessarily raises the anxiety levels of the nation. I’m not going to pay to feel like that – the stuff’s available free (well, discounting the Television tax – er, licence) whether I want it or not.

So, goodbye Johnston Press. Goodbye, Mr. Murdoch. Close the door on your way out.

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]]> By: Spikehttp://forargyll.com/2009/11/will-buteman-move-to-charge-for-online-news/#comment-20418 Spike Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:59:54 +0000 http://forargyll.com/?p=17901#comment-20418 Regarding the Buteman, will it matter ! Has it stands there's very little in the Buteman to start with and they don't call it the 2 minute silence for nothing. If enough copy can be found then it should be in the papar and not held back for the inter net. The danger becomes that we will have a dumbed down printed version of the inter net, more people will migrate to the net and there will come a point that printing a paper will become financialy unviable, leading to local job losses. Regarding the Buteman, will it matter !
Has it stands there’s very little in the Buteman to start with and they don’t call it the 2 minute silence for nothing.
If enough copy can be found then it should be in the papar and not held back for the inter net. The danger becomes that we will have a dumbed down printed version of the inter net, more people will migrate to the net and there will come a point that printing a paper will become financialy unviable, leading to local job losses.

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