Although a March 18 JD Power and Associates survey revealed that nearly four in 10 bloggers say they would pay to reuse news content – thereby financially benefitting news organizations – media outlets are unlikely to see substantial financial gains from blogger fees.

The marketing intelligence firm's report showed that 38% of bloggers would pay for news content. Those respondents cited the value of professional journalism and that they didn't want the quality of news to decline. Meanwhile, about 17% believe ...