Local columns and blog posts are swelling my Google Alerts with discussion of micropayments, endowments, online fees, asset sales, non-profit ownership, and government assistance. Not to mention the old standbys of subscriptions and advertising.

via Poynter Online – NewsPay.

Okay, here are some things I would add to the discussion:

From the 1990’s comes John Perry Barlow’s “The Economy of Ideas” with its suggestion for an electronic “ET call home” marker in digital files as well as self-destruct timers, to help differentiate between totally free on the Net and free with some constraints.

Chris Anderson’s ongoing exploration of “Freeconomics” e.g. here or here.

Henry Blodget NYTimes nuts not to charge subscription fee.

Al’s Morning Meeting on the same topic. Includes what various other sites are saying about free vs pay.
From Poynter’s Biz Blog, McClatchy folks say “au contraire” and look to many value propositions.