Lightspeed also found that…
—90 percent of respondents wouldn’t pay for analysis
—83 percent ruled out paying for sports highlights
—79 percent said they wouldn’t pay for live sports online.
—Consumers apparently are more keen to paying for music downloads - 49 percent said they would hand over cash for tracks.

Age plays a role here…
—86 percent of the 16-24 age range put themselves in the “never” category
— that number rises to 96 percent for the 45-65 age range.

Does all this mean newspapers have no chance of charging for their online platforms? Unsurprisingly, given how much is riding on paid content strategies succeeding, publishers still argue it can work…

News Corp (NYSE: NWS) claims to have research from its Australian division showing people will happily pay.

—Our recent consumer research found that only five percent of readers would pay to read their favourite news site if it introduced a paywall, so it’s not looking good for the the paid content cheerleaders…

— Our research similarly found that while 13 percent of 16-24-year-olds would be prepared to pay for news online, only two percent from the 45-55 category would do the same.