News: Online content: It’s not about the cost
Americans are more warming up to paying for content on the Web, according to a study released on Thursday.

The study, conducted by the Online Publisher's Association (OPA) and Web measurement company ComScore, showed that U.S. consumers spent $300 million to access Web content in the first quarter of 2002. That's a 155 percent increase from the same period last year. During that period, 12.4 million U.S. consumers opened their wallets for content, up from 5.3 million last year.

On a yearly basis, spending for online content in 2001 increased 92 percent to $675 million from 2000.
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