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August 26, 2003
Get over it
Forget charging for online news, says Ashley Highfield, director of new media and technology at the BBC. Mr Highfield told The Independent that 'news was a "commodity" on the web, where it was traditionally free. He said those organisations seeking to charge for news should "give up and move on". He said only niche content, such as specialist research, could work under a paymodel, and the BBC did not operate in these areas.' Full details at http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/story.jsp?story=436838 Posted by belinda at August 26, 2003 12:41 PMEmail this