CNN.com's Subscription Model Is Dead (Summer All Video Free)

[RamboLiberal]

Yesterday's WSJ buried the lead, revealing that CNN.com's summer redesign will make "all its live and archived video content available free, shifting the subscription model to an advertising model."

Today the network confirmed the change in this press release: "After nearly 18 months of offering CNN Pipeline through subscription, CNN.com will begin offering users free of charge even more of the great video they expect -- live and on-demand." The site will open up its video archives and offer "up to four streams of live content but without the need to download a video player."

In other words -- CNN.com's subscription model is dead.

> Flashback: Back in December, Lost Remote said "CNN has been tight-lipped about subscription numbers, but it says it remains committed to the pay video service."

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/

Now someone clue the NY Times to quit hiding Krugman, Rich and Herbert behind a subscription.

[BlooInBloo]

1. As soon as espn and nyt follow suit, I'll be a happy, happy man.

[jollyreaper2112]

2. but the advertising kills

Comedy Central got all the Colbert and Stewart off of Youtube and now you have to go to their motherchoad site. Very inconvenient, you get a huge ad before each and every clip. I don't have a problem with putting banner ads around the player but this shit just makes you want to quit watching in the same way that commercial TV does.

[BlooInBloo]

3. (shrug) Just drives me to bittorrent. What stupid companies they be.

[jollyreaper2112]

4. no, rephrase

"Lord, what fools these companies be!"

[BlooInBloo]

5. :) Thanks - couldn't dial up the right phraseology!