Can't really speak for the rest of the world (any one know  any studies?) but the quality of online is the Australian market is absolutely appalling.<p>The Sydney Morning Herald is probably the best broad sheet in the country, but online smh.com.au is absolute link baiting trash. Personally i could not fathom forking out  for celebrity trash nor for the un fact checked gibberish that is posted throughout the day. Lately i would be lucky to check it once a day for 30sec.<p>And i'm really skeptical if they could ever find scale to charge for online access in an any Australian city market.