ABC News Launches "News On Demand" Premium Service

ABC News announced earlier this week the launch of their news subscription service, "ABC News On Demand". You can subscribe at http://abcnews.go.com/ . For $4.95 a month, this subscription offers access to the following items (from the press release):

* "World News Tonight with Peter Jennings," "Nightline," and "Nightline UpClose" in their entirety, the morning after the live broadcast, including 30 days of archived shows.

* "Good Morning America" exclusive celebrity interviews and music performances.

* Producer's cuts from "Primetime" and "20/20," featuring Internet-exclusive video.

* Excerpts from ABC News specials.

* Sam Donaldson's radio show "Live in America."

* "Best of Nightline," your favorite Nightline interviews and segments.

* ABC News Radio's updated hourly newscasts and Bill Diehl's weekly movie reviews.

I think this is a good first step, and maybe I'm asking too much for $4.95, but why the skimpy archives? 30 days? I could potentially find a lot of use for this as a researcher, but what if I want something from a year ago? Maybe there should be a three-tier subscription service -- say, $4.95 for access and 30 days' archives, $7.95 for access and a years' archives, and $9.95 for access and all archives.

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