More content charge logs on the fire

So the NAA hosts some meeting last night (5/28) of numerous executives…plenty of intrigue as to whether is was a secret, supposed to remain a secret, the intended agenda, the agenda after the fact, etc.

I noticed Editor and Publisher rolled out an article that centered on paid content and it having potentially been a topic.  It was only midly interesting to read, in so much of raising the question of anti-trust laws if newspapers were to put everything behind a pay wall.  So, this strikes as a boring question on two counts.  First, what, my, oh my, were to happen if all newspapers were to charge for their printed products?  Yeah…see what I mean?  Secondly, the concept of anti-trust in a scheme where all newspapers go behind pay walls is…well, flawed.  Completely choking off the entire supply of all free news of interest to consumers by newspapers charging is a falacy.

This topic will, I believe, continue to surface for some time to come.  When does it finally and conclusively go away?