Vivian Schiller, CEO and President of NPR, argues in an interview that newspapers’ best bet is to continue to offer their content for free. She says that there are only a few kinds of content that people have proved willing to pay for online–real-time financial news, some fantasy sports and pornography. As the former head of NYTimes.com, Schiller discusses her advocacy to end TimesSelect. While the service gained the newspaper $10 million annually, it seemed unlikely to grow, and therefore would not prove a useful tool to sustain the newsroom.
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