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[Jan Whitaker]

  Note this is on breaking news.  May be updates 
later.

http://theage.com.au/breaking/0011/22/A5194-2000Nov22.shtml


    Viewers should pay for Online, says ABC chief

    Source: AAP|Published: Wednesday November 22, 7:03 AM

    A

    ÈBC's managing director Jonathan Shier has told managers that viewers 
should pay for some
    content and that the national broadcaster should take advertising on 
the Internet website ABC
    Online, The Australian newspaper said today.

    The paper said Mr Shier told a meeting of executive producers and 
television heads last week that
    Mr Shier's counterpart at the BBC, Greg Dyke, was considering putting 
advertising on the main
    BBC website in addition to its commercial site.

    The Australian said ABC Online was a potential goldmine, attracting up 
to 6.5 million hits a day.

    Sources told the newspaper Mr Shier was considering the possibility of 
making the public pay for some of ABC content in the
    future.


So, isn't this called double dipping? Don't we already PAY for the content?
Jan
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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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