T Campbell's Blog
Writer of Penny and Aggie, Fans (also called Faans), Rip & Teri, Search Engine Funnies and A History of Webcomics. Experienced webcomics editor, currently seeking full-time work and working on strange and interesting new things...Sunday, May 15, 2005
The End of "The End of Free."
I was a huge fan of this site around the time I was moving to Graphic Smash. I never really believed that free content on the Web would just disappear, but as a business model I thought pay-for-play had a much brighter future.
Two years later, the site's gone. This is a dead link. And pay-for-play-- seems to have stopped pretty much where it is. It's healthy, but it's not taking over from free any time soon. The hot content tickets these days seem to be podcasting and blogging instead-- in other words, vanity press.
This has not gone unnoticed in the Modern Tales camp. There have been some recent moves to adapt our model, and there will be more.
Two years later, the site's gone. This is a dead link. And pay-for-play-- seems to have stopped pretty much where it is. It's healthy, but it's not taking over from free any time soon. The hot content tickets these days seem to be podcasting and blogging instead-- in other words, vanity press.
This has not gone unnoticed in the Modern Tales camp. There have been some recent moves to adapt our model, and there will be more.
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