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CapitolAlert Watch: New Subscription Only Blog From the Sacramento Bee

January 24, 2007 /

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Los Angeles Times: Uh, Nice Tie

There’s a new blog in town. No, it’s not CapitolAlert, the $499 service by the Sacramento Bee, which executive editor Rick Rodriguez said was designed to “capitalize on our brand as a premier provider of information about California politics and policy.” Notice Rodriguez diplomatically said “a” premier provider, not “the” premier provider.

Flap frankly doesn’t see how this business model works for the Sacramento Bee. In the early days of on-line newspaper journalism, readership fell precipitously when newspapers sold subscriptions. But, readership continues to fall for the MSM press so now why not try to recoup some costs?

Somehow I am skeptical – as is Robert Sallady at the Los Angeles Times.

And Flap is surprised that long time blogger Dan Weintraub will now be under the pay to read banner. Perhaps he will have an at home anonymous blog for the rest of the blogosphere?

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