Merely transferring the content of existing newspapers online and expecting payment won't work because they are two separate business concepts.

- Robert G. Picard

It is usually a mistake to reject something merely because it has been tried before and didn't work.

- Robert G. Picard

It is useless to put news agency stories behind the paid curtain because they are available in thousands of other places that will be free.

- Robert G. Picard

Even non-commercial media rely on transferring cost to users through licence fees, donations from listeners, viewers, or readers, or grants from comp…

- Robert G. Picard

The biggest challenge for newspapers has been that the public has far more choices for news, information, and diversion than in the past.

- Robert G. Picard

What most news people don't comprehend is that most of the public are not heavy information seekers - unlike journalists and the smaller portion of t…

- Robert G. Picard

Charging for news online won't work if what is provided is the same as is available elsewhere.

- Robert G. Picard

I believe that online paid content hasn't worked for general circulation newspapers because consumers weren't ready for it, because the implementatio…

- Robert G. Picard