<![CDATA[editorsweblog.org: Charging for RSS feeds?:
Although the percentage of news readers who presently use RSS is still relatively small, Poynter asks what will happen when the popularity of their personalizing capabilities grows. Will newspapers begin to charge for their personalized RSS feeds? Will users be willing to pay? Will they restrict online publishing like what has happened with Norway’s Verden Gang? Will major international papers that now charge for archives eventually charge for “highly detailed RSS feeds?” The evolution of this business model, as well as the eventual use of advertising in RSS will be hot topics to follow.
RSS is a delivery mechanism that makes content easily discoverable. It will never be charged for by smart publishers (or should we call them “publisheRSS”?), but it will carry payloads that may be accessible for a fee.]]>