Pay-per-view internet – a move out of step with the times?

Continuing our look at plans for pay-perview internet: New Zealand had its own version of a pay-per-view internet with the NZ Herald’s premium service a couple of years back.

It reached the level of silliness where even freelance columnists who wrote for the paper were not able to access their own work online unless they paid to see it. That premium service quickly died a death and the site is now totally open again.

But does the idea have legs: a global survey finds readers unlikely to pay for general news they can get elsewhere for free, and local columnist Bernard Hickey thinks not.

And, if you missed our earlier posts, we highlighted free tools for online media releases and PR announcements and discussed whether pay-per-view websites would hinder PR?