Billboard's bad example: $100 a year for an e-mail

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Submission + - Billboard's bad example: $100 a year for an e-mail (shortformblog.com)

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Stick_Fig

on Tuesday June 09, 2009 @11:33PM

Stick_Fig writes: "As part of a current trend towards charging for content online, Billboard Magazine has dropped an unbelievably bad idea onto the world in the form of a e-mail newsletter that costs $100 a year. This newsletter has been free for years and, until now, largely told you what was on the Web site. On my site, ShortFormBlog, I argue how this could have ramifications for big-media content at large."

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