Many news publishers compile and sell special reports, which typically are sold in printed form and marketed through the print edition. These can now be sold digitally, saving considerable sums in printing and distribution. A newspaper might begin selling reprints in digital form. Some publishers will simply feel better knowing that the content that they sell to consumers online cannot be passed along illicitly to other online users. Paying a commission to a content security company might not make sense for inexpensive archive article downloads, for instance.
Some publishers sell paid subscriptions to their sites.
At Consumer Reports ' Web site, for example, that's the only way to get access to the organization's valuable product reviews. The opportunities for high-value content to be sold by publishers is considerable. The column will resume its normal schedule on Wednesday, September 8. To receive these regular reminders, sign up here . If you prefer to receive the entire column, you can have it delivered to you as an HTML e-mail message whenever a new column is published.