Bertelsman Doubts Paid Content Models Will Work on I'Net

[NJCher]

Published by the WSJ, a Murdoch paper, in mouse type. Go to the link...you will laugh. So this is how RM deals with conflicting views.

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HAMBURG (Dow Jones)--Bertelsmann AG doubts that publishers can establish paid-content models in the digital media, Chief Executive Hartmut Ostrowski said in a speech to journalists in Hamburg late Wednesday. "But you have to try to establish paid-content models again-and-again," he added.

Publishers around the world suffer from a lack of willingness of consumers to pay for content posted on the Internet.

According to unconfirmed information obtained by the Wall Street Journal earlier this month, News Corp. (NWS) has held talks with Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) about a partnership that could result in News Corp. removing its newspaper content from Google Inc.'s (GOOG) search engine while continuing to feature it on Microsoft's online properties. News Corp. owns Dow Jones, publisher of the Wall Street Journal and this newswire.

Bertelsmann, one of the biggest media company's in the world, is privately owned.

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http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20091126-702533.html