A little good news: The NYT paywall is working
The New York Times’ paywall, which requires readers to subscribe to the site if they read more than 20 stories per month, is exceeding expectations and bringing in significant revenue for the company, writes Felix Salmon for Reuters. Salmon, who made a public bet that the paywall would disappear before its second birthday, is still […]
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 11:03 am by editor · LEAVE A COMMENT · Tagged with: New York Times, online subscription, paywalls
Paid surfing coming to NYTimes.com
The Wall Street Journal online is reporting that the New York Times is planning to launch a paid subscription system, likely next month, for online content. The system will allow casual surfers a certain amount of free content and targets instead the 15% of “heavy users” for a monthly sub fee. Right now, according to […]
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 5:28 pm by editor · LEAVE A COMMENT · Tagged with: Dallas Morning News, digital, New York Times, online subscription, Wall Street Journal
