So the NY Times unveiled their paywall on Thursday, and the howling began. There was ranting all over the web about the cost schedule, the design, and how smartphones and the iPad are billed separately. I’m not going to rant and rave about the paywall. Instead, I’m going to wait to see if it generates [...]
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NY Times unveil their paywall
March 17th, 2011 · 1 Comment · paywall
It’s about what I expected. They’re not going for the strict paywall; instead the NY Times will be using one based on the freemium model. You’ll be able to read up to 20 articles a month for free before being asked to pay, and if someone sends you a link you’ll still be able to [...]
Georgia newspaper put up a paywall & traffic goes up
March 14th, 2011 · No Comments · paywall
The Augusta Chronicle have released a few tidbits of data on the paywall they launched back in December. This newspaper, which bills itself as the oldest Southern paper, is bucking the trend. Page views have risen 5% in the three months since the paywall launched.
NYTimes paywall will be up and running “soon”
March 2nd, 2011 · No Comments · paywall
The NYTimes dropped a hint today that they are about ready to launch their paywall. “The pay model for NYTimes.com is in the final testing phase, and we expect it will launch shortly.” This isn’t the first time we’ve heard that. They’ve been working since (and I kid you not) August 2009. At least, that’s [...]
Local newspaper in Mass. volunteered to be next example of a failed paywall
August 16th, 2010 · No Comments · opinion
Yes, I’m editorializing a little. The NYTimes have the story: The Telegram & Gazette, a New York Times-owned newspaper in Worcester, Mass., said that it would begin charging readers to view some of the local news articles that appear on the paper’s Web site. Starting on Monday, the paper will begin using a metered pay [...]
Financial Times have a paywall that works
July 28th, 2010 · No Comments · opinion
Pearson (they own the Financial Times) recently released their financial statements and an interesting detail popped up. The Financial Times now have 149k digital subscribers with a registered user base of 2.5m. They also reported that they had doubled their operting profit for the first half of 2010. The reason I’m bringing this up is [...]
Times of London paywall will block search engines
May 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Paidcontent.uk is reporting: The Times and Sunday Times’ upcoming paid sites will not allow their articles to appear in search engines like Google. That was one nugget gleaned during a preview of the attractive forthcoming relaunches Monday night. Times Online will relaunch as separate entities “imminently” has relaunched as two separate editions and will go [...]
NYTimes to erect paywall in January 2011
May 14th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
That’s what the Wall Street Journal reported. Don’t bother clicking through; that’s all that was said. Update: Business insider is reporting that full details will be available towards the end of 2010.
Rolling Stone to put entire archive online behind a paywall
April 16th, 2010 · No Comments · digitization projects
From the Seattle PI: For the first time Rolling Stone is inviting its readers on the long, strange trip though the magazine’s 43-year archive, putting complete digital replicas online along with the latest edition. But you’ll have to pay to see it all.With a new site launching Monday, Rolling Stone will become one of the [...]
The New Republic joins the mad dash into oblivion – it’s adding a paywall
April 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting: The New Republic, the American political magazine, is banking on a new subscription plan: They are putting up a $30 paywall starting tomorrow, April 7. All visitors to the magazine’s site will be asked to register for TNR.com. Once they sign up, some content will be available for free, [...]
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