How to save newspapers - by Charlie Brooker
The weird and wonderful Charlie Brooker is on form again in The Guardian today.
He has a solution to the problem of how to make money from publishing news on the internet . . .
On your desktop: a cartoon purse filled with fat gold coins. Pull out a penny. It shimmers on the screen. Drag it toward a "coin slot" situated right there on the web page you want to view, and drop it in. It disappears with a satisfying ker-chunk. And you're in. If you're feeling cavalier, you can throw your coin toward the slot; with practice it won't bounce off the rim.
One page costs one penny: not too off-putting for anyone – and crucially, the teeny spoonful of fun and satisfaction you derived from playing with that virtual coin each time is worth the penny anyway.
Wonder if Rupert Murdoch will give it a go?
For the full Brooker see -
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/aug/10/charlie-brooker-iphone
He has a solution to the problem of how to make money from publishing news on the internet . . .
On your desktop: a cartoon purse filled with fat gold coins. Pull out a penny. It shimmers on the screen. Drag it toward a "coin slot" situated right there on the web page you want to view, and drop it in. It disappears with a satisfying ker-chunk. And you're in. If you're feeling cavalier, you can throw your coin toward the slot; with practice it won't bounce off the rim.
One page costs one penny: not too off-putting for anyone – and crucially, the teeny spoonful of fun and satisfaction you derived from playing with that virtual coin each time is worth the penny anyway.
Wonder if Rupert Murdoch will give it a go?
For the full Brooker see -
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/aug/10/charlie-brooker-iphone
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