Posted on 05/24/2007 2:14:13 PM PDT by HAL9000
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NEW YORK (AP) -- CNN will give away access to an online video service that now costs $25 a year, becoming the latest news organization to revamp its revenue model on the Web.Spokeswoman Jennifer Martin said the change, effective July 1, reflected lower costs associated with delivering bandwidth-intensive video.
"People don't like to pay for stuff on the Internet," she said. "We're not going to deny it, but we also had to make sure from a cost perspective that we got to the stage where it made sense to offer it for free."
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I remember when it was originally free about 3 years ago. I guess nobody wanted to pay, so now they’re finally backtracking.
Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
This should allow many people to watch CNN International overnight for live news, while the regular cable channel is only showing reruns of Larry King.
After all, propaganda should be free.
There’s a CNN.com?
Anything to get people to watch.
Does this mean the 10 subscribers will get their money back?
I had AOL for a number of years so my kids could chat with their friends. A couple of weeks ago I tried to drop it. Apparently you can only do so by phone, and can only get a live operator if you talk to a robot for five or ten minutes.
The first try, they said the system was down and they couldn’t put the cancellation through.
I tried again today, same tedious procedure, and finally got the live operator. She tried to sell me this and that, but finally said that I could stop being billed, but could keep all my user names for free. I suppose that means that the kids can still use AIM if they want to. We’ll see if there’s any hidden tricks.
But I suspect they are so desperate to keep their subscribers, so they can collect advertising revenue, that they are offering to keep you listed for nothing. That way, their numbers look better, as long as no one looks into it too closely.
Most people I knew cancelled the card they have on file with AOL. They kept charging them month after month. It was the only way the billing stopped.
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