Tag Archives: paywalls

The NY Times: Un-Free At Last!

March 21, 2011 – 7:10 am

Tweet On March 28th, after much handwringing, the New York Times will finally deploy a paywall. NYT fans, your author included, rejoice: We see this as a necessary condition for the newspaper’s survival. Necessary…but not sufficient. A “small matter of implementation’’ remains an obstacle on the paper’s path to greatness in the digital era. A [...]

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Expanding Into New Territories

October 24, 2010 – 9:34 pm

TweetIn defining business strategies for modern medias such as online newspapers, the most difficult part is finding the right combination of revenue streams. Advertising, pay-per-view, flat fee… All are part of the new spectrum media companies now have to deal with. The gamut looks like this: As we can see, newspapers mostly consist of one [...]

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The Numbers Behind the Paywall

January 24, 2010 – 6:21 pm

TweetFinally! The New York Times is coming out with its paid-for content strategy. A quick summary of the Gray Lady’s paywall plan: a monthly allotment of stories to be read  for free and, above that, a flat fee for full access. Subscribers to the print version (including those who only get the Sunday paper) will [...]

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