Can't really speak for the rest of the world (any one know any studies?) but the quality of online is the Australian market is absolutely appalling.
The Sydney Morning Herald is probably the best broad sheet in the country, but online smh.com.au is absolute link baiting trash. Personally i could not fathom forking out for celebrity trash nor for the un fact checked gibberish that is posted throughout the day. Lately i would be lucky to check it once a day for 30sec.
And i'm really skeptical if they could ever find scale to charge for online access in an any Australian city market.
I used to check the site of the News Ltd paper in SA a number of times a day but a couple of months ago I deleted all related bookmarks and feeds and went cold turkey. I don't think I'm missing much. They bow down to the pageview gods and, subsequently, the quality of their material is woeful.
The Sydney Morning Herald is probably the best broad sheet in the country, but online smh.com.au is absolute link baiting trash. Personally i could not fathom forking out for celebrity trash nor for the un fact checked gibberish that is posted throughout the day. Lately i would be lucky to check it once a day for 30sec.
And i'm really skeptical if they could ever find scale to charge for online access in an any Australian city market.