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

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

Even non-commercial media rely on transferring cost to users through licence fees, donations from listeners, viewers, or readers, or grants from companies and foundations that have wrestled their funds from the public in some form of earlier commercial activity.

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.

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

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

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