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...with charging for online content, is expected to make an announcement about a new fee model at the end of summer. In the days that followed Murdoch's announcement, the Financial Times, which charges for some content, and the Boston Globe dropped hints that they were looking into different payment schemes. Time Inc. has raised the possibility of charging for content. Even Mort Zuckerman, who owns Murdoch's New York City rival tabloid the Daily News, joined the fray. "[A pay wall] is a great idea," he told Forbes on Aug. 7. "I'll be the second or third...
...making the announcement, Murdoch was butting into a long-running debate that has risen several decibels since the recession hit and blew out most of the advertising that the news industry relies on. As newspaper after magazine folds or seeks a buyer, pro-payment advocates are affirming ever more urgently that content is expensive to produce and they can't afford to keep giving it away on the Web. The free agents counter that Web publishing is based on getting traffic - the so-called link economy - and pay walls stop that dead. Customers also claim they...
...going to start having trouble with the mortgage on their home in the Boise, Idaho, area, since Charles's paycheck (he works in plumbing, tied to new construction) had taken a major hit. They called their lender and were told there was nothing to do until they missed a payment. Eventually, the couple did and applied for a modification four different times but kept getting turned down. They desperately asked why and what they had to do to make it work, but they couldn't get a straight answer...
...able to buy. I moved out at 19, paid my own way through college working part-time, and lived in shared apartments for years. It's an efficient use of property and a surer path to maturity than living with Mom and Dad until you can afford a down payment on a mortgage. The crisis is affecting Spain seriously, and to survive it will require bravery, creativity and initiative. Melanie Ator, BARCELONA, SPAIN...
...current system: new insurance rules to make certain that people won't lose their coverage if they get sick; a marketplace or "exchange" where small businesses and those without coverage could purchase what suits them best; research that would show which treatments were effective and which were wasteful; a payment system that would give health-care providers incentives to focus on the quality rather than the quantity of care. And Obama has laid down a marker that any bill that passes must not add to the deficit over the next 10 years. "Eighty percent of all the various bills that...