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Poll: Users Won't Pay For News

  • CNET, Wednesday, January 13, 2010 11:19 PM
With print newspapers struggling to turn a profit, many have turned to the Web to stay viable. While some offer their online content free of charge, other papers have played around with subscriptions by charging readers a monthly fee. But that strategy may backfire, says a Harris poll released Wednesday.

Among more than 2,000 online adults surveyed, 77% said they wouldn't pay anything to read a newspaper's stories on the Web. And among those willing to pay, 19 percent would cough up between $1 and $10 a month; only 5 percent would shell out more than $10 each month.

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