How to get "Generation Mooch," 20-something college graduates used to getting content for free, to pay for products like premium TV and digital newspapers? Eliza Kern, part of this demo, suggests
that HBO experiment with "low-cost subscriptions meant for recent graduates, that would get us used to paying something but at rates more in line with our typical income levels.
Maybe it means creating or structuring content specifically for younger readers and
their digital tastes, or adopting micro-payments that
remind us more of purchasing an iTunes song than a year-long subscription."
What about newspapers? "While I personally pay for a variety of news subscriptions, Twitter remains my
most valuable source of information and I would probably pay more for access to that feed than anything else," writes Kern. "Instagram might not be the future of news and information, but
it’s fair to say a lot of people would probably pay for that."
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