Paying for content, not hardware, is the key
(NEWSER) - There might be hope yet for the media industry, “because the tech industry is screwed too,” writes Simon Dumenco for Advertising Age. With light, cheap netbooks squeezing the profit out of the hardware, makers are partnering with media providers (ie, Acer selling netbooks for $100, plus 2-year AT&T contract) to sell subscriptions that subsidize the ever-closer-to-free prices. More»
