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PCUK/Harris Poll: Only Five Percent Of UK Readers Would Pay For Online News

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If Rupert Murdoch thinks readers will pay to read his websites, maybe he should think again. Exclusive research commissioned by paidContent:UK from Harris Interactive shows that most readers would run a mile. As the chart below shows, 74 percent say they’ll look for a free site while only 5 percent say they would pay. The first installment is live now; more to come throughout the week.

Sep 20, 2009 6:57 PM ET

PC:UK/Harris Poll Primary Graph Photo: paidContent:UK/Harris Interactive


Posted In: E-Commerce, Payment Systems, Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Online News, Companies, News Corp.

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