Led by the likes of The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, the rest of the newspaper industry is gradually attempting an experiment to charge readers for stuff it’s always given away for free. Newspaper giant Gannett revealed that it’s sticking 80 of its community newspapers’ websites behind pay walls. USA Today web content will remain free for now. [More]
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Fake Newspaper Testing Out Very Real Pay Wall
By 8.8.11
Frequent readers of The Onion’s website may soon be forced to ante up if they want to keep up their regular dose of guffaws from fake news. The company has announced it’s testing out a pay wall that would require payment from overseas readers or limit them to only a handful of articles per month. [More]
New York Post Blocks iPad Safari Access
By 6.20.11
In an effort that’s seemingly geared to get iPad users to subscribe to its paid app rather than read the paper through the browser for free, the New York Post has reportedly cut off Safari access to its site on the device. [More]
Hearst Becomes Latest To Sell Magazine App Subscriptions Through Apple's New System
By 5.6.11
Hearst, publisher of such magazines as O, The Oprah Magazine and Esquire, is the latest big boy print player to set up space inside Apple’s new virtual newsstand, which hocks subscriptions to magazine iPad apps. [More]
New York Times Will Make Another Go At Pay Wall Before Month's End
By 3.18.11
After abandoning an earlier attempt at a pay wall in 2007, The New York Times will make another go of it March 28, introducing a metered system that will give readers access to material before charging them when they keep reading stories. [More]
Dallas Morning News Trying To Get Freeloading Readers To Pay Up
By 1.5.11
Pay walls haven’t seen much success in the world of traditional media, but the Dallas Morning News is trying its hand at the brick and mortar. The newspaper will allow its print subscribers to view all content online, and will partition off some stories from readers without a $34 print or $17 monthly digital subscription. Digital-only subscriptions will allow readers to view content through browsers or via iPod or iPhone apps. [More]
Online Readers Unwilling To Pay For News Content
By 3.15.10
As some news sites — especially those belonging to national newspapers — move or consider moving behind pay walls as a way to increase revenue, a new study shows that an overwhelming number of online news readers have no interest in paying for content. [More]
New York Times Announced Vague Plans For Metered Charging
By 1.21.10
Likely assuming no other newspaper will still be around in 2011, the New York Times announced its engagement with the bad idea that it will begin charging readers to check out its stuff online. [More]
Get Ready To Pay For Your NYT Fix
By 1.18.10
New York reports The New York Times is on the verge of charging for its online content once again, after abandoning its pay wall more than two years ago. [More]
Read The Wall Street Journal For Free
By 3.22.08
Why pay $79 per year to read the Wall Street Journal when you can read it for free? Murdoch’s crown jewel attracts readers by lowering the pay wall for visitors from Google News, Drudge, or Digg. Salon posted step-by-step instructions to help readers exploit this selective generosity.
