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New York Times plans to start charging its Web readers

By Michael Becker | Published: January 20, 2010
The New York Times has announced plans to start charg­ing fre­quent read­ers for access the Times’ Web site. The paper says it will be a metered sys­tem, mean­ing that read­ers will get “a cer­tain num­ber” of arti­cles for free before being required to pay. My notes on this news: NYT will take this step, “a step being debated across [...]
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Maybe paying for news online is a good thing

By Michael Becker | Published: October 26, 2009
The Columbia Journalism Review tells me that the Wall Street Journal has sur­passed USA Today in cir­cu­la­tion num­bers, mak­ing it the most widely cir­cu­lated news­pa­per in the country. Note too that the Journal has seen growth in its cir­cu­la­tion while also charg­ing for its online con­tent. Newsday will also start up a pay sys­tem this [...]
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Foley: “We will witness the collective suicide of scores of news organizations”

By Michael Becker | Published: September 27, 2009
I missed this back in August, but it’s worth a look even now. Stephen Foley writes in The Independent that news­pa­pers that fol­low Rupert Murdoch’s lead and try to charge for their con­tent may be sign­ing a col­lec­tive sui­cide pact. It’s des­per­ate stuff. It won’t work, and if news­pa­per exec­u­tives on both sides of the Atlantic fol­low [...]
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Most readers would find a free alternative if their paper started charging for content

By Michael Becker | Published: September 26, 2009
This is worth pondering. More results from the Paid Content UK and Harris sur­vey here.
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Paywalls are about your profits, not your customers

By Michael Becker | Published: September 3, 2009
The Valley Morning Star in Harlingen, Texas, insti­tuted a pay­wall on its Web site in July. According to paidContent.org, at the time, the paper’s pub­lisher said in an announcement: It will allow greater value to our many loyal print-edition sub­scribers by not giv­ing away the news to non-subscribers. Will it? Undoubtedly, the move makes the news in [...]
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