I have another idea which is sort of similar to existing adverts but modified. But I'm keeping this quiet for now, lol.

I think that News Corp should look at becoming it's own ISP or reseller. And it could include it's contents as add-ons, like how the different SKY packages can be added on (movies, sports, cheaper mixes etc).

You get your internet connection, and you can also get 20 movies a month, 5 online newspapers etc. Sell these as packages for £1/month, £3/month etc.

Alternatively NewsCorp/SKY could approach ISP's and offer them reseller packages to sell on to consumers. TV, movies, news etc.

This is what Time-Warner should have done with AOL 10 years ago. Merge but only if you're going to maximise the product for the customer.

Make the product so good that the consumer will want it and will sacrifice to keep it.

I'm surprised that this sort of thing doesn't exist. If this was coupled with something like a "TV box" that plugged into the TV then that might help too. I'd rather watch internet movies on my tv, but connecting my pc to my TV is a bit of a pain and I work in IT.

Buy a graphics card with TV out, connect up some cables, start messing about with which display is which. Then get annoyed that you cannot use the PC while someone is watching PC content on the TV. Stupid.

Give us a box like a SKY+ box but for internet content and browsing on our TVs.

Apple could step in here and fix this. Apple, give us a fancy gadget that gives us online entertainment on our tv's, internet access and news packages that NYT are happy with.

This is my idea and I'm entitled to all rights, yada yada yada.

Regarding 'free press' objectivity and subsidy: Public tv and radio in America has a long history of balanced, well-researced, objective reporting.

Public tv/radio news is also the most boring news around, but if you want 'exciting news' maybe you can tune into Comedy Central or the EIB network (lol). It has been proven that objective news is not interesting, thus unsubsidized news is often alarmist or satirical or otherwise unobjective.

And for the 'Stewart/Cobert' fans: satire is only effective if you are taking the position that one viewpoint is wrong, so every element of a satirical show myst be subjective for it to be satire. But still funny. :)

And for the 'Rush/Hannity' fans: alarmism also works well to bring in listeners, but I think it's sad that people with such an audience don't do better, and stick to wipping up the mob. But, again, still funny. :)

If NYT charges for content, it may seek a govt subsidy to allow "the economically challenged" access to content so they can seek employment and remain good citizens. Kind of removes whatever little may remain of the NYT's "free press" objectivity.

I will accept $200 per year to read that POS.

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I believe the New York Times tried this when they initially got on the web, and utterly failed. I don't think much has changed since then in the way people view the internet. If they think they'll profit, they're probably wrong. The only thing they'll get is few readers and eventual marginalization. I can't wait until Rupert Murdoch does this so people will stop reading the noise he considers news.