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Another (Not Great) Newspaper Pay Wall Strategy: Shortchange the Web

in Media on October 20, 2010 at 9:39 am PT

Outside of a few outliers (like The Wall Street Journal), newspaper pay walls are unexplored territory. Which is why experiments like the ones the New York Times is conducting at its flagship paper and other publications are so interesting. But here’s one that probably won’t work: Rhode Island’s Providence Journal plans to run only excerpts from its print edition on its Web site–even for the paper’s subscribers.

The New York Times Officially Starts Construction on Its Pay Wall: “Metered Model” Coming 2011

in Media on January 20, 2010 at 6:39 am PT

After much consideration, the New York Times has finally decided to start charging readers for access to its Web site. But not for a while: The Times says it will introduce a “metered model” for NYT.com in 2011.
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Newspapers: Please Buy a Kindle. Unless We Can Sell You a Paper Instead.

in Media on May 6, 2009 at 9:12 am PT

Even under the best of circumstances, Amazon’s new Kindle DX wouldn’t “save the newspaper business.” But since the newspapers are desperate to protect their dying print business, this thing may never get off the ground at all.
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