Stefan Niggemeier: Aussichtslos, selbstmörderisch, unverschämt [Hopeless, suicidal, shameless]
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Stefan Niggemeier rips the Axel Springer paywall and the explanation offered by the Hamburger Abendblatt' s acting editor. Quick-and-dirty translation of the best bit: "It can't be repeated often enough: The problem of publishing on the Internet is not the supposed prevailing culture of free content . ... The reason advertising revenue is in most cases, (still) insufficient has nothing to do with readers and their "free beer mentality", but rather with the fact that on the Internet, the media have lost their monopoly as an advertising space. ... The main reason the advertising revenue on the Internet is so frustratingly low: The supply of advertising space is much larger. This is called a market."