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I'm Fat, but No Idiot: Consumers Will Pay for News

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(Newser) – Media maverick (and Mavericks owner) Mark Cuban mixes it up with Newser's Michael Wolff, laying out his argument that consumers should and will pay for online content if it's packaged in a new way. Allowing as how he's fat, but hardly an idiot (as per Wolff's column yesterday, see link below) he uses an analogy of subscribing to his favorite kind of breakfast cereal on Amazon, getting a couple of boxes a month at a discount for his commitment.

Now that the price of handling mass amounts of data has "fallen off a cliff," the same can work for the right bundle of online content, he says. Case in point: For Rupert Murdoch, he recommends a News Junkies Subscription, which would give consumers access to every News Corp. site (other than the Wall Street Journal, which is an add-on), two books from Harper Collins, a subscription to the Weekly Standard, and a $99 credit at the Fox Store for DVDs, a $321 value for $9.95 a month.

FILE -- This is a March 1, 2003 file photo showing Dallas Mavericks head coach Don Nelson, left, listening as Mavericks owner Mark Cuban talks prior to the start of an NBA game against the Memphis Grizzlies in Dallas. Mark Cuban and Don Nelson have been feuding for years, an...
FILE -- This is a March 1, 2003 file photo showing Dallas Mavericks head coach Don Nelson, left, listening as Mavericks owner Mark Cuban talks prior to the start of an NBA game against the Memphis Grizzlies...   (AP Photo/Donna McWilliam, File)
FILE -- This is a July 13, 2009, file photo showing Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban looking at the scoreboard while eating popcorn and watching his team from the sidelines during an NBA summer league basketball game in Las Vegas.
FILE -- This is a July 13, 2009, file photo showing Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban looking at the scoreboard while eating popcorn and watching his team from the sidelines during an NBA summer league...   (AP Photo/Laura Rauch, File)
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, center, and Mavericks fans celebrate after guard Jason Terry sunk a three-pointer late in the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Utah Jazz in Dallas, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009. The Mavericks won 115-108.
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, center, and Mavericks fans celebrate after guard Jason Terry sunk a three-pointer late in the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Utah Jazz in Dallas,...   (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban reacts as the Houston Rockets are called for a foul during the second quarter of a NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008 in Houston.
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban reacts as the Houston Rockets are called for a foul during the second quarter of a NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008 in Houston.   (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban argues a call against his team while facing the Denver Nuggets in the third quarter of the Nuggets' 108-105 victory in an NBA basketball game in Denver on Friday, Nov. 7, 2008.
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban argues a call against his team while facing the Denver Nuggets in the third quarter of the Nuggets' 108-105 victory in an NBA basketball game in Denver on Friday, Nov....   (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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Timinator2K
Aug 13, 09 11:12 AM CDT
Consumers Will Pay for Facts...not leftist-biased MSM "news." Reply
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Thinker
Aug 13, 09 11:17 AM CDT
How do you manage to get through each day?
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atomick
Aug 13, 09 11:17 AM CDT
Why the hell do you even come to this site? All you do is bitch about it. Do you really think we want to listen to you whining all the time? If you don't like it, leave! There's plenty of right-wing biased sites out there who would love to have you.
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rdubbs
Aug 13, 09 11:21 AM CDT
Consumers Will Pay for Facts...not rightist-biased Fox "news." FTFY
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Nwambe
Aug 13, 09 1:22 PM CDT
Timinator, you've referenced Bill O'Reilly and Rush Limbaugh, as well as Michelle Malkin in your previous posts, all of whom are not only staunch neo-cons, but pundits at Fox. Your trolling is getting tiring, and does not represent Republicans.
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