From hungary-online-owner Thu Apr 27 07:52:45 1995 Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) (fnord) by nando.yak.net (8.6.5/8.6.5) id HAA18042 for hungary-online-out31415; Thu, 27 Apr 1995 07:52:45 -0700 Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) (fnord) by nando.yak.net (8.6.5/8.6.5) id HAA18033; Thu, 27 Apr 1995 07:52:28 -0700 Received: from hewes@traveller.cz () via =-=-=-=-=-= for hungary-online@hungary.yak.net (18031) Received: from prg.traveller.cz (prg.traveller.cz [193.85.2.2]) (fnord) by nando (8.6.5/8.6.5) with ESMTP id HAA18026 for ; Thu, 27 Apr 1995 07:52:15 -0700 Received: from [193.85.249.42] (hewes.dial-up.cz [193.85.249.42]) by prg.traveller.cz (8.6.12/EUnet-CZ) with SMTP id RAA27576 for ; Thu, 27 Apr 1995 17:12:34 +0200 Date: Thu, 27 Apr 1995 17:12:34 +0200 Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable To: Hungary-Online@hungary.yak.net From: hewes@traveller.cz (Cameron M. Hewes) Subject: Re: (HOL) Prague Financial Monitor Now Free Sender: owner-Hungary-Online@hungary.yak.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Hungary-Online@hungary.yak.net Jennifer,=20 >Have you seen the Hungary Report?=20 Uhhhh, yup! Kudos to Rick and Co. for a fine publication, too. >About the Financial Monitor. Why did you decide to offer it for free? Did >you get enough sponsorship for it? How much is it bringing in in revenue? We decided to make the Prague FM a free publication for a number of reasons.= The most important, in terms of our philoshopy about the future of= Internet publishing, is that we simply don't see that pay-per-click news is= going to be a huge market any time in the near future -- at least not on= the Internet in its present form. If that's true, then we need to look at= other models. If we were a print publication, we certainly wouldn't have= made our publications free. However, the economics and dynmanic of today's= Internet simply dont' fit the current models. =20 >This is not for any story. I'm interested in the Hungary Report's future or >any other Hungarian online publications's future as >a viable business. Internet Publishing is certainly an erea with vast potential. However, it= is increasingly important to keep in mind that, due to the few barriers to= entry, and an ever increasing (exponentially increasing?) amount of= information, unless you're providing something that is either a) very= unique, or b) of excellent quality and value, you're not going to attract= the kind of readers that will either pay for your information or that= advertisers will pay to reach. =20 Cheers, Cameron -- Cameron M. Hewes Central Europe Today On-Line Vice President, New Media Word Up! Inc. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D hewes@traveller.cz The Emerging Markets Media Company hewes@wordup.hu =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D ############# # This message to Hungary-Online@hungary.yak.net # was from hewes@traveller.cz (Cameron M. Hewes) # # To unsubscribe, # send "unsubscribe" to # An announcement-only subscription (less volume) is available # at # Send mail to for more information, # or to if you need human assistance. #############