'Why can't we pay for good journalism?'
- 5 years ago
In a forum 'Who's Killing Malaysian Media?' organised by the Malaysian Institute for Debate and Public Speaking today, Malaysiakini editor-in-chief Steven Gan, Karangkraf general manager Ahmad Nazri, Astro Awani editor Melisa Idris and Star Online editor A Asohan shared their views on the media industry.
Melisa opined that media consumers have to change their mindsets from consuming free articles to being a subscriber.
"We are just so used to get free news online. So when a paywall comes up, we would ask, 'why do I have to pay?'.
"We really need to be okay again with subscriptions. If you can pay for music streaming, movie streaming, why not subscribe for news?" she asked.
Melisa opined that media consumers have to change their mindsets from consuming free articles to being a subscriber.
"We are just so used to get free news online. So when a paywall comes up, we would ask, 'why do I have to pay?'.
"We really need to be okay again with subscriptions. If you can pay for music streaming, movie streaming, why not subscribe for news?" she asked.