{"id":43709,"date":"2024-10-14T13:02:57","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T17:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=43709"},"modified":"2024-10-14T13:02:57","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T17:02:57","slug":"cnn-continues-to-dig-a-hole-for-itself-puts-up-paywall-for-its-news-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=43709","title":{"rendered":"CNN continues to dig a hole for itself, puts up paywall for its news site"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good day all. CNN was once considered to be the \u201cPremier global news service.\u201d It \u201cMade it\u2019s bones\u201d with the first Gulf War and used that to get itself into airports and dentists offices all over the world. Then people saw just how they were playing fast and loose with the truth.<\/p>\n


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It took a while, but CNN\u2019s credibility took a swan dive into an open air raw sewage tank. It took the election of the Greatest President of the 21st<\/sup> Century, Donald Trump, to pull back the covers on how CNN wasn\u2019t so much covering the news as covering it up or even worse, making it up.<\/p>\n

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In short order, CNN\u2019s finances went into free fall. Eventually, when AT&T spun off Warner Brothers, they unloaded their unwanted step child on them. Since then, the head of Warner Brothers has been trying to turn CNN around financially. Now they\u2019ve come up with a spectacularly stupid idea. Put up a paywall on the news site. Here are the details from CNN itself<\/b><\/a>:<\/p>\n

CNN, one of the most popular news websites in the world, is starting to ask some of its visitors to pay $3.99 a month for access. <\/b><\/p>\n

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On Tuesday,\u00a0the news organization is laying the first bricks in a so-called paywall that should, over time, help foot the bill for CNN\u2019s journalism around the world. <\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cStarting today, we are asking users in the United States to pay a small recurring fee for unlimited access to\u00a0CNN.com\u2019s world-class articles,\u201d Alex MacCallum, CNN\u2019s executive vice president of digital products and services, wrote in an internal memo outlining the plan. <\/b><\/p>\n

Well, I won\u2019t be paying them a dime. I almost never go to the CNN web site, and when I do, I make sure I disinfect my computer, keyboard and monitor.<\/p>\n

The average visitor to CNN\u2019s website, who may only read a few articles a month, will not be prompted to pay at this time. \u201cOnly after users consume a certain number of free articles will they be prompted to subscribe,\u201d MacCallum explained. \u201cIn addition to unlimited access to\u00a0CNN.com\u2019s articles, subscribers will receive benefits like exclusive election features, original documentaries, a curated daily selection of our most distinctive journalism, and fewer digital ads.\u201d <\/b><\/p>\n

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I wonder just how many articles people will get to see before the paywall falls on them? I suspect only a very few, probably less then 10. If they set up their paywal the way I think they might, I know a few ways to get around it, if I could be interested enough in CNN to bother.<\/p>\n

MacCallum and her boss Mark Thompson, the\u00a0chairman and chief executive\u00a0of CNN, are both veterans of The New York Times, which is widely envied in the news business for its success in converting online readers and gamers into paying subscribers. <\/b><\/p>\n

The NY Slimes isn\u2019t doing as well as CNN claims they are. They aren\u2019t a trusted source for news any longer since they decided to be nothing more than a propaganda rag for the Democrat Party. Occasionally I will see something or a link will be provided that leads to the Slimes site. Sometimes I can see the story, other times I can\u2019t. When I can see it, I usually wonder why I bothered.<\/p>\n

In a memo over the summer, Thompson said CNN would \u201ccreate best-in-class, subscription-ready products that will provide need-to-know news, analysis and context in compelling new formats and experiences, starting with\u00a0CNN.com\u2019s first subscription product launching before the end of 2024.\u201d <\/b><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t subscribe to news sites. Fox has a subscription service and I won\u2019t pay for it. Other sites do as well and I won\u2019t bother with them. Any stories they post that I can\u2019t read, but am interested in, I can usually find other sources for them. As for CNN\u2019s latest plan, I gather they\u2019ve forgotten all about CNN+.<\/p>\n

Under previous management, CNN developed a streaming video product called CNN+ in 2022 to create direct-to-consumer relationships with fans of the network. That product, launching just days before\u00a0a new corporate parent,\u00a0Warner Bros. Discovery,\u00a0took control and looked for cost savings, was doomed, however.\u00a0CNN+ was cancelled<\/a>\u00a0within a matter of weeks. <\/b><\/p>\n

That\u2019s a nice excuse. CNN+ was garbage. No one was paying to see it. It didn\u2019t help that CNN was paying their \u201cTalent\u201d way more then they were worth. It looks like CNN isn\u2019t the only News service that is going the paywall route.<\/p>\n

Thomson Reuters, the world\u2019s largest international multimedia news provider, on Tuesday announced that it will also launch a paywall for its website and app in early October. The news outlet shared that subscriptions will be available worldwide for a $1 weekly fee. <\/b><\/p>\n

The only time I see something from Reuters is when another site posts something from them that they licensed. I can\u2019t remember the last time I went to their site. I\u2019m not alone in not wanting to waste my limited financial resources on what is generally nothing more than left wing propaganda.<\/p>\n

Smaller news organizations have run up against subscription fatigue and other sources of resistance \u2013 a reflection of the fact that virtually all news coverage was published for free when the World Wide Web was popularized in the 1990s. <\/b><\/p>\n

This is why many smaller sites are sticking with ads. Small, non-intrusive ads work. Those sites that have nothing but ads popping up nonstop end up being ignored. (They also run into ad blockers) CNN is going to be very disappointed with their sales numbers. Their subscribers will be the die hard left that has money, (They also watch MSNBC and think they\u2019re unbiased), other journalists, and not many others.<\/p>\n

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CNN is circling the drain. They can\u2019t do what needs to be done as an institution. (Most of their staff should be in an institution) The entire company needs to do a full \u201cRip and Replace,\u201d and it will be years to restore the credibility they threw away. I doubt they will be in business in 10 years without major infusions of cash.<\/p>\n

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