The chief executive of publishing group Future says it's not possible to charge for general news online. Specialized content, though, has its possibilities.
Stevie Spring tells the Guardian there is not a "cat in Hell's chance" news can be anything but free online.
"However, my view is that you have a different barrier in specialist interest, that barrier has as much to do with people getting used to it being free. Joe Public does not think it's free because he's paying for broadband, like a library card that gives him access," she says.
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