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Paywall vs. Sponsored Access to Newspaper Content
The Toronto Public Library has a nifty offer. Using your library card, you can access the New York Times content using a 3 day pass, and continue to "renew" the pass indefinitely. This is only some of the media content you can access for free with a library card. I have no idea how the TPL arranged this, or how indefinite the offer is.
I want to pose a question. Could this kind of partnership be spun, tweaked, massaged into a workable deal with say a newspaper, and maybe certain exclusive content from their radio station(s), and a few favoured major advertisers to replicate the NYT/TPL free content offer.
The New York Times content is available for the foreseeable future. They're not doing it for fun, there must be a payoff even without the traditional paywall...
Or has already it been attempted here in Toronto with little success?
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How much money could society save by closing all/most pubic libraries? Other than male senior citizens, that have a stooped back, thick dark glasses and a penchant to oogle the young 'uns, that are there to read the 'ole newspaper, who goes there? Sure, some here will say, "but people who don't have computers can go there to surf the net". To what end? All the porn and questionable sites are blocked anyway. Pointless... fast forward 25 years and kids then will axe, "what be a liebarry?"
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cGrant wrote:
How much money could society save by closing all/most pubic libraries? Other than male senior citizens, that have a stooped back, thick dark glasses and a penchant to oogle the young 'uns, that are there to read the 'ole newspaper, who goes there? Sure, some here will say, "but people who don't have computers can go there to surf the net". To what end? All the porn and questionable sites are blocked anyway. Pointless... fast forward 25 years and kids then will axe, "what be a liebarry?"
cGrant, you must be a distant relative of the Fords, Rob and Doug. You know as much about libraries as Doug does about Margaret Atwood.
And any kid who spells the word "liebarry" hasn't spent enough time in one.
Judging by the almost complete lack of c-r-e-d-i-b-i-l-i-t-y demonstrated by your thoughts above, neither have you.
(We live a block away from Tansley Woods Public Library in Burlington. The people, of all ages, who walk in to do their business on any given day would obviously surprise you.)
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How much money could society save by closing all/most pubic libraries? Other than male senior citizens, that have a stooped back, thick dark glasses and a penchant to oogle the young 'uns, that are there to read the 'ole newspaper, who goes there? Sure, some here will say, "but people who don't have computers can go there to surf the net". To what end? All the porn and questionable sites are blocked anyway. Pointless... fast forward 25 years and kids then will axe, "what be a liebarry?"
cGrant, you must be a distant relative of the Fords, Rob and Doug. You know as much about libraries as Doug does about Margaret Atwood.
And any kid who spells the word "liebarry" hasn't spent enough time in one.
Judging by the almost complete lack of c-r-e-d-i-b-i-l-i-t-y demonstrated by your thoughts above, neither have you.
(We live a block away from Tansley Woods Public Library in Burlington. The people, of all ages, who walk in to do their business on any given day would obviously surprise you.)
Christ. Mike. I misspelled it on purpose FFS. I don't see you grammar nazi whenever Cleaver spells the words Corass, Robbers and Bhell. Also, other have spelled the word lie-berry. Re-effing-lax.
As for lie-berries, you see what you want to see. Unfortunately, TPL stats reflect reality as they admit membership and usage is very down.
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Christ. Mike. I misspelled it on purpose FFS.
I knew that.
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I've just noticed that the Toronto Star has a free access offer. We can see what the results are, and if/how long it lasts.
I also noticed today that the Toronto Public Library is promoting access to Lynda.com an online resource for learning how to build websites, learn photography, and other skills for free.
With the slowest time of the year for stories to cover coming up, highlighting the amazing things the TPL has to offer, including music instruments, amps, and laptops on loan, sound booth and filmmaking gear for use at some libraries, perhaps doing a week long short daily feature might be a great way for radio and television to bring attention to the architecture and history of a few of the more interesting neighborhood libraries, (a subject near and dear to Newstalk 1010's John Moore I believe), and share with listeners that (most) everybody likes to learn something new, save money, and be a part of the bigger community.
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I enjoy the services the Toronto Public Library offers.
grilled.cheese you're the real deal: the wit without the coarseness. 
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