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Gawker: The Great Newspaper Firewall Is Coming. And? [Media]
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RT @carr2n Keller on some kind of paywall: http://bit.ly/4h8ufW "We're w/in weeks of a decision." 20 days ago |
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RT @DanBlank: NY Times staff reductions are an "if" not a "when," as if growth is a not even an option http://bit.ly/4h8ufW (via @carr2n) 20 days ago |
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Could start a new trend. RT @carr2n: keller on some kind of paywall: http://bit.ly/4h8ufW "We're w/in weeks of a decision." 20 days ago |
The Great Newspaper Firewall Is Coming. And? [Media]
Gawker —
Newsday is going to start charging for its awful website. One columnist there quit over it. The New York Times says it will make a decision on charging for its (good) website "within weeks." Then what happens? NYT editor Bill Keller told Clark Hoyt that the paper is "within weeks of a decision" on the long-discussed question of whether, and how, to charge for its online news. So here is what their decision will be: You will have to pay for their online news. One way or another! Maybe ...
Will Paywalls Rescue Newspapers?
mediabistro.com: FishBowlLA —
... The issue is coming to a head. The New York Times is going to decide "within weeks" whether to erect a paywall. And Newsday already has. Some in the journalism business think newspapers won't be able to survive unless they start charging readers to read their stories on the Web. Others think it'll be the beginning of the end, as readers flee to free sources of news - with advertisers close behind. ...
