http://businessjournalism.org/2010/06/01/ipad-magazine-subscriptions-will-cost-twice-as-much-as-print/ Reynolds Center helps journalists Cover Business Better Free training, workshops, Webinars Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism Wed, 23 May 2012 10:21:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://businessjournalism.org/2010/06/01/ipad-magazine-subscriptions-will-cost-twice-as-much-as-print/comment-page-1/#comment-5581 Robert Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:50:17 +0000 http://businessjournalism.org/?p=12782#comment-5581 I really wonder why newspaper & magazine producers can't understand K.I.S.S.? People want/expect to pay the same if not less for the digital subscription as the paper version. Unfortunately, the content producers seem to think they need to make a statement and blow enormous sums of money on eye candy. In order to accomplish this, they have to charge three - four times as much as the paper-subscription price to recoup their losses. The Wired app is the perfect example of this. Seriously, who in their right mind thought half-a-gig file size was acceptable? I really wonder why newspaper & magazine producers can’t understand K.I.S.S.? People want/expect to pay the same if not less for the digital subscription as the paper version. Unfortunately, the content producers seem to think they need to make a statement and blow enormous sums of money on eye candy. In order to accomplish this, they have to charge three – four times as much as the paper-subscription price to recoup their losses. The Wired app is the perfect example of this. Seriously, who in their right mind thought half-a-gig file size was acceptable?

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