That’s So Fetch – A Pop Culture Blog

One of the most important issues facing the internet today is still on some levels an unknown to the average person. What you are using right now, and for most of you, all day at work, is one of the most important technologies to ever be invented. The internet connects cities and countries around the globe in seconds. It’s a technology that at only 15-20 years of age is still relatively young.

Things are beginning to change, and as the average American opens an internet browser to get their news as opposed to buying a newspaper, news corporations are beginning to see profit margins plummet. The internet as we know it today is a commodity. Outside of your monthly bill, which gives you internet access, you have the freedom to surf the web for the low low cost of $0.

So the question is: would you pay to access some of your favorite news websites?

For example: Time Warner owns CNN which owns Sports Illustrated. Disney owns ABC which owns ESPN. What if Time Warner or Disney decided to charge you a monthly fee to access their family of websites? It’s not only a possibility, it’s a future reality. But don’t worry, TSF should be and will be free – so you can still get your daily dose of witty childish humor and celebrity breasts.

Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch spoke with CNN about the issue this week:

“We are now in the midst of an epochal debate over the value of content and it is clear to many newspapers that the current model is malfunctioning,” the News Corp. Chairman and CEO said.

“We have been at the forefront of that debate and you can confidently presume that we are leading the way in finding a model that maximizes revenues in return for our shareholders… The current days of the Internet will soon be over.”

“News executives are starting to recognize that online advertising revenues are not enough on their own,” Benton told CNN.

[interview source: CNN.com]

With that in mind, please do yourself a favor and watch this video about “moms on the net” circa 1992-1994: