Links tracking the transformation of paid content
Archived Stories:
It’s time: 4 reasons to put up a metered paywall
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Mar. 28, 2011
Updated: Baltimore Sun to put up paywall next month
Jim Romenesko, Poynter, Sep. 23, 2011
Paywalled BostonGlobe.com launches, while Boston.com remains free
Jeff Sonderman, Poynter, Sep. 12, 2011
MediaNews Group Adds Paywalls To 23 More Newspapers
Laura Hazard, paidContent, Aug. 15, 2011
Hawaiian punch! A paywall showdown in Honolulu
Justin Ellis, Nieman Journalism Lab, Aug. 8, 2011
9 reasons newspapers are suddenly asking print subscribers to pay for full Web access
Rick Edmonds, BizBlog, Poynter, Aug. 4, 2011
The New York Times paywall: the faint scent of success
Dan Gillmor, The Guardian, Aug. 3, 2011
Dow Jones circulation chief calculates, by platform, the news people will pay for
Rick Edmonds, BizBlog, Poynter, Aug. 2, 2011
Tofel: If paid content becomes the norm, ProPublica could follow suit
Steve Myers, Poynter, May 26, 2011
New York Times: More Than 100,000 Digital Subs In First Weeks of Paywall
Staci D. Kramer, paidContent, Apr. 21, 2011
“Don’t Call it a Paywall”
A panel discussion with NYT’s Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. and Janet Robinson
Lauren Kirchner, CJR, Apr. 6, 2011
‘The conditions are finally right to give newspaper paywalls a fair shake’
Jim Romenesko, Poynter, Apr. 4, 2011
Letter to Our Readers: Times Begins Digital Subscriptions
(Related FAQ)
Arthur Sulzberger, Jr., New York Times, Mar. 28, 2011
A Twitter countdown to the NYT paywall
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Mar. 28, 2011
The NYT’s Melting Iceberg Syndrome
Frédéric Filloux, Monday Note, Mar. 27, 2011
Brill, Crovitz & Co. Sell Journalism Online To RR Donnelly
Staci D. Kramer, paidContent, Mar. 24, 2011
Sulzberger: App Sales Prove News Consumers Are Willing To Pay
David Kaplan, paidContent, Mar. 23, 2011
How The NYT’s Paywall Compares To Those Of Other Big Papers
Joseph Tartakoff, paidContent, Mar. 19, 2011
The day after: first comments and opinions on The New York Times paywall
Federica Cherubini, Editors Weblog, Mar. 18, 2011
New York Times paywall could increase circulation and ad revenue while protecting print
Rick Edmonds, BizBlog, Poynter, Mar. 17, 2011
New York Times subscription plans all about one challenge: Reader migration
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Mar. 17, 2011
NYT’s Good Timing on Pay Launch, Amid News Chaos
Ken Doctor, Newsonomics, Mar. 14, 2011
Gannett Considers Charging for Online News Content, Dubow Says
Brett Pulley, Bloomberg, Mar. 7, 2011
6 questions about The Daily & the viability of an iPad publication
Damon Kiesow, Poynter, Feb. 2, 2011
UK Times’ Paywall Numbers: 105,000 Sales Since Summer, 50k Subs
Robert Andrews, paidContent, Nov. 2, 2010
Globe to offer two websites: one free, one pay
Robert Gavin, Boston Globe, Sep. 30, 2010
Post-Gazette’s Premium PG+ Service Profitable But No ‘Holy Grail’
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Sep. 22, 2010
Local news rivals doom publisher pay walls
Alan Mutter, Reflections of a Newsosaur, Aug. 30, 2010
New York Times Co. Newspaper Starts Charging For Online Content
Joe Pompeo, Business Insider, Aug. 16, 2010
Telegram & Gazette Pay Meter Can Be Adjusted to Balance Reach & Revenue
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Aug. 24, 2010
Is Spokesman-Review’s 5-Year-Old ‘Porous’ Pay Wall the Future of Online?
Rick Edmonds, The Biz Blog, Aug. 3, 2010
Lancaster Paper Charges to View Obits in First Use of Journalism Online
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Jul. 12, 2010
Three Early Questions Emerge After Lancaster’s Metered Obit Launch
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Jul. 22, 2010
Time Magazine putting up a paywall to protect print?
Joshua Benton, Neiman Journalism Lab, Jul. 6, 2010
The Times vs. Guardian strategies: uber-dumb & smart
Steve Outing, SteveOuting.com, Jul 2, 2010
Getting Paid the British Ways: Pay Walls, Syndication, Meters
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Jul. 2, 2010
Pay Walls Debut at Three Gannett Papers Testing ‘Journalism as a Service’
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Jul. 1, 2010
Three local US newspapers are set to go behind paywalls
Carole Wurzelbacher, Editors Weblog, Jun. 30, 2010
How Loyalty Programs are Retaining Subscribers from Baltimore to Copenhagen
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Jun. 30, 2010
MediaNews, Journalism Online Set to Start Charging for Content
Rick Edmonds, The Biz Blog, Jun. 24, 2010
Newser’s Wolff: with paywall, Times and NYT will become ‘shadows of their former selves’
Maria Conde, Editors Weblog, May 21, 2010
Honolulu Civil Beat Launches With PayPal As The Great Link, Lower Trial Fee
Staci D. Kramer, paidContent, May 4, 2010
Washington Post Taking a ‘Wait and See’ Approach to Pay Walls
Ira Stoll, Seeking Alpha, Apr. 26, 2010
Arthur Sulzberger Jr.: NYT’s Metered Paywall Is
About Building ‘Emotional Connection’ With Readers
Gillian Reagan, Business Insider, Apr. 28, 2010
Free advice on how to charge for content
Alan Mutter, Reflections of a Newsosaur, Apr. 21, 2010
Paywall Brigade: The Newspapers That Now Charge For Online Access
Joseph Tartakoff, paidContent.org, Apr. 9, 2010
Murdoch’s Plan For Paywall Success: Readers Will Pay ‘When They’ve Got Nowhere Else To Go’
Staci D. Kramer, paidContent, Apr. 7, 2010
What is content, then?
Jeff Jarvis, BuzzMachine, Apr. 7, 2010
Reactions to announcement of paywalls at Times and Sunday Times
Emma Heald, Editors Weblog, Mar. 29, 2010
Audiences Don’t Pay for Content
Mark McLaughlin, Huffington Post, Mar. 22, 2010
Washington Post gauging readers’ willingness on paid content, both on new iPhone app and on the website
Laura McGann, Nieman Journalism Lab, Mar. 4, 2010
@ Media Summit: Sulzberger: Metered Model Is Right Today — But 10 Years From Now, Who Knows?
David Kaplan, PaidContent.org, Mar. 11, 2010
Associated Press to Create Pay Service for iPad
Richard Perez-Pena, New York Times, Feb. 26, 2010
Video @ paidContent 2010: New York Times Execs On Metered News And More
Amanda Natividad, Feb. 22, 2010, paidContent.org
Membership: GlobalPost, Press+ April Test Worth Watching
Newsonomics, Feb. 17, 2010
Tip jar vanishes at Miami Herald website
Alan Mutter, Reflections of a Newsosaur, Feb. 22, 2010
Metering Paid Content So It Protects — Even Grows — Online Ad Revenue
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Feb. 19, 2010
‘User-First’ Issues to Watch For at paidContent Conference Friday
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Feb. 18, 2010
(Related: Clues in the Rubble: A User-First Framework for Sustaining Local News
Bill Mitchell, Shorenstein Center, Fall 2009)
Nielsen: Will consumers pay for online content? Maybe
Erina Lin, Shaping the Future of the Newspaper Blog, Feb. 16, 2010
(Related Nielsen report: Changing Models: A Global Perspective on Paying for Content Online)
What Do People REALLY Think Of…Newspaper Paywalls? (Video)
Business Insider, The Wire, Feb. 3, 2010
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Owner Walter Hussman on Paid Content (Video)
Fitz & Jen, Editor & Publisher, Feb. 12, 2010
MediaNews Plans New Content, Expects More Traffic After Pay Walls
Steve Myers, Poynter, Feb. 11, 2010
What Can Virtual Goods Teach Us About Paying for News?
Chris O’Brien, MediaShift Idea Lab, Feb. 8, 2010
Pay Walls Are Smart Rationing: The Goldilocks Principle
Daniel Ambrose, MediaPost-Online Publishing Insider,
Jan. 28, 2010
NYT’s paywall: of symbolic significance but unlikely to increase revenue?
Emma Heald, Editors Weblog, Jan. 29, 2010
Play Paywall!, the new web game sweeping the newspaper industry
Jonathan Stray, Nieman Journalism Lab, Jan. 26, 2010
After Three Months, Only 35 Subscriptions for Newsday’s Web Site
John Koblin, New York Observer, Jan. 26, 2010
(See also: Newsday’s Unconventional Subscription Model
Mark Potts, Recovering Journalist, Jan. 29, 2010)
Guardian editor hits back at paywalls
Steve Busfield, The Guardian, Jan. 25, 2010
Talk to The Times: Answers About Charging Online
Q&A with Janet Robinson and Martin Nisenholtz
New York Times, Jan. 21, 2010
All the News That’s Fit to Download
How significant is The New York Times’s decision to charge
for its Web content? Very, says Steven Brill
Jessica Ramirez, Newsweek, Jan. 21, 2010
Paywalls in Operation
Alastair Bruce, Talk Media, Jan. 21, 2010
(Related: Presentation on Charging for Content)
The Times to Charge for Frequent Access to Its Web Site
Richard Perez-Pena, New York Times, Jan. 20, 2010
New York Times Looks to Charge Online Readers, Again (Video)
PBS NewsHour, Jan. 20, 2010
New York Times Pay Plan to Target Most Loyal, Online-Only Users
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Jan. 20, 2010
(See also: Reactions and posts collected by Jim Romenesko)
Charging for Web Access Makes Business Sense for New York Times
Rick Edmonds, The Biz Blog, Poynter, Jan. 20, 2010
If NYTimes.com does put up a metered wall?
Steve Outing, SteveOuting.com, Jan. 18, 2010
(See also: New York Times Ready to Charge Online Readers
Gabriel Sherman, New York Magazine, Jan. 17, 2010)
Murdoch-owned newspaper charges for content
BBC News, Jan. 14, 2010
Poll: Most won’t pay to read newspapers online
By Lance Whitney, CNET News Digital Media, Jan. 13, 2010
Only 2.4% subscribe at newspaper pay sites
Alan D. Mutter, Reflections of a Newsosaur, Jan. 11, 2010
Paid content and the march to Paris
Steve Yelvington, Yelvington.com, Jan. 11, 2010
Pay for Newspaper Content Online? No Thanks!
Mark Dolliver, Adweek, Jan. 11, 2010
Adding Fees and Fences on Media Sites
Richard Perez-Pena and Tim Arango
New York Times, Dec. 27, 2009
MiamiHerald.com asks for donations (too subtly)
Steve Outing, SteveOuting.com, Dec. 15, 2009
(See also:
Figuring a Way to Pay for News that’s Read Online
Anders Gyllenhaal, The Miami Herald, Dec. 20, 2009
Herald to Online Users: Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Brian Hamacher, NBC Miami, Dec. 15, 2009)
Charging for news not content
Nico Flore, On-demand Media, Dec. 10, 2009
Pay Wall Drives Newsday.com Traffic Down, Paper Says According To Plan
David Goetzl, MediaPost, Dec. 11, 2009
Journalism and Freedom
Rupert Murdoch, Wall Street Journal, Dec. 8. 2009
Paywall watch: The news you’re willing to pay for
Sarah Booker, Online Journalism Blog, Dec. 6, 2009
FTC Workshops on Journalism and the Internet
December 1-2, 2009
(See also: Video, Agenda, Panelist Biographies, Press Release
and
FTC Workshop An Odd Mix of Caution and Dangerous Thinking
Rick Edmonds, The Biz Blog, Poynter, Dec. 3, 2009)
Thinking about a paywall? Read this first
Steve Yelvington, Yelvington.com, Dec. 1, 2009
How Steve Brill has adjusted his pay-for-news pitch
Zachary M. Seward, NIeman Journalism Lab, Nov. 19, 2009
About Half in U.S. Would Pay for Online News, Study Finds
Richard Perez-Pena, New York Times, Nov. 15, 2009
Pay walls never may come at some papers
Alan D. Mutter, Reflections of a Newsosaur, Nov. 3, 2009
Brill: Most Users Won’t Notice as Sites Start Testing Paid Content
Steve Myers, Poynter, Nov. 6, 2009
Newspapers Grapple With How — or Even Whether — to Erect a Pay Wall
Nat Ives, Advertising Age, Oct. 26, 2009
Most Of Cablevision’s Newsday.com Goes Exclusive For Print, Optimum Online Subs
Staci D. Kramer, paidContent, Oct. 22, 2009
(See also:
Newsday.com moves to subscriber model
Keiko Morris, Newsday, Oct. 22, 2009
Newsday to charge a high price for its online content
Emma Heald, Editors Weblog, Oct. 23, 2009)
New York Times, still uncertain on charging, sets seven digital priorities
Zachary M. Seward, Nieman Journalism Lab, Oct. 21, 2009
How To Get Readers To Pay: Carrots Vs Sticks
David Kaplan, paidContent, Oct. 13, 2009
The Unheralded, Beneficial Effects of Selling Online Content
Dorian Benkoil, E-Media Tidbits, Poynter, Oct. 13, 2009
Profiles of Newspapers Charging for Online Content
American Press Institute, Oct. 2009
(See also:
Online Revenue Initiatives, API, Oct. 2009
and
Newsmedia Economic Action Plan, API, May 2009)
Post-Medium Publishing
Paul Graham, PaulGraham.com, September 2009
(See also:
Pic Your POV Carefully, Robin Sloan, Sep. 19, 2009
Did we ever pay for content?, Jeff Jarvis, Sep. 19, 2009
Seminal work or sloppy thinking?, Howard Weaver, Sep. 19, 2009)
The Great Debate on Micropayments and Paid Content, (Part 1) and (Part 2)
Mark Glaser, MediaShift, Sep. 17, 2009
Only 51% of pubs think pay walls will fly
Alan D. Mutter, Reflections of a Newsosaur, Sep. 14, 2009
Lots of data to mull on charging for online content
Zachary M. Seward, Nieman Journalism Lab, Sep. 14, 2009
The Star Tribune Prepares a New Paywall
David Brauer, MinnPost, Sep. 11, 2009
Lots of Fee Ideas for Media Online
Richard Perez-Pena, New York Times, Sep. 10, 2009
Taking The Plunge: How Newspaper Sites That Charge Are Faring
Joseph Tartakoff, paidContent, Sep. 2, 2009
Post-Gazette President Expects Premium Site PG+ to Evolve
Rick Edmonds, The Biz Blog, Poynter, Sep. 1, 2009
The Transaction Cost Problem of Newspaper Micropayments
Robert G. Picard, The Media Business, Aug. 22, 2009
Setting the Price of a Free Press
Tim Rutten, Los Angeles Times, Aug. 22, 2009
Tall Pay Walls May Limit Community Access to Information
Rick Edmonds, The Biz Blog, Poynter, Aug. 22, 2009
Debate Over Journalism’s Financial Future Offers Some Hope
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Aug. 22, 2009
Why aren’t we paying for news? (This is Part One) (Part Two) (Part Three)
Alan D. Mutter, Reflections of a Newsosaur, Aug. 19-22, 2009
New York Times Invites Public Discussion of Paid Content
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Aug. 17, 2009
Future of Local News About More Than Paid Content
Chris O’Brien, MediaShift Idea Lab, Aug. 13, 2009
Murdoch signals end of free news
BBC News, Aug. 6, 2009
Open for Business
If you want readers to buy news, what exactly will you sell? The case for a free/paid hybrid
Michael Shapiro, CJR, July/August 2009
Diller Calls Free Web Content a Myth, Joins Refrain
Brett Pulley and Andy Fixmer, Bloomberg.com, Jul. 24, 2009
New York Times Considers Risk And New Revenue
David Folkenflik, NPR, Jul. 19, 2009
Review: “Free: The Future of a Radical Price” by Chris Anderson
Jessica Roy, Nieman Journalism Lab, Jul. 9, 2009
New York Times Asks Subscribers: Is It Wrong to Charge for Online Content?
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Jul. 9, 2009
(See also: Screengrabs from New York Times Pricing Survey)
Fatal Assumptions
Steve Yelvington, Yelvington.com, Jul. 5, 2009
Build That Pay Wall High
Paul Farhi, AJR, June/July 2009
Is Free News Really Worth the Price?
Alan Cowell, New York Times, Jun. 26, 2009
Charging for Online Content Gets Closer
Jon Fine, BusinessWeek, Jun. 25, 2009
Putting A Price On News
Evan Hessel, Forbes, Jun. 15, 2009
API to Summit: Newspapers Should Mount a Unified Challenge to Craigslist
Rick Edmonds, The Biz Blog, Poynter, Jun. 4, 2009
Newspapers Can Charge for Premium Content, Not Subs, Analyst (Video)
Andy Plesser’s video interview with Lauren Rich Fine, Beet.TV, Jun. 3, 2009
Fears for the Future
Who will pay for the nation�s newsgathering efforts?
Rem Rieder, AJR, June/July 2009
Charging for News: API’s Recommendations
Joshua Benton, Nieman Journalism Lab, Jun. 3, 2009
(See also: Series: The Chicago Meeting)
API Report to Exec Summit: Paid Content Is the Future for News Web Sites
Rick Edmonds, The Biz Blog, Poynter, Jun. 3, 2009
How Steve Brill pitched newspaper executives on charging for online content — and why they’re buying it
Zachary M. Seward, Nieman Journalism Lab, Jun. 2, 2009
Opening Up Closed Doors: What News Execs Asked Brill
Staci D. Kramer, paidContent, May 29, 2009
If I’d Been at that Hush-Hush Newspaper Meeting…
Rick Edmonds, The Biz Blog, Poynter, May 29, 2009
Four observations about charging for news that are often overlooked
Zachary M. Seward, Nieman Journalism Lab, May 29, 2009
News For Sale? Online Journalism Fees May Return
David Folkenflik, NPR, May 28, 2009
What if readers decide what to pay for news?
Howard Weaver, Etaoin Shrdlu, May 28, 2009
Shhhh. Newspaper Publishers Are Quietly Holding a Very, Very Important Conclave Today. Will You Soon Be Paying for Online Content?
James Warren, The Real Deal, The Atlantic, May 28, 2009
Seven-Nation Study Identifies What People Will Pay for Online News
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, May 29, 2009
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette A Model For Newspaper Paywalls? Not Really
David Kaplan, PaidContent, May 23, 2009
Kachingle of Paid Content Fixes at Least One Problem
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Apr. 15, 2009
Journalism Online: Part of the Web $2.0 Goldrush
Ken Doctor, Content Bridges, Apr. 15, 2009
Brill, Crovitz And Hindery Team Up To Solve News Cash Woes With Journalism Online
Staci D. Kramer, paidContent.org, Apr. 14, 2009
(See also: Interview with Steve Brill, Part One and Part Two)
Papers Try to Get Out of a Box
David Carr, The New York Times, Apr. 12, 2009
NPR CEO Vivian Schiller: Newspapers Must Keep Content Free (Video)
Andy Plesser, Beet.TV, Apr. 8, 2009
Five tips on charging for content from Alan Murray of WSJ.com
Zachary M. Seward, Nieman Journalism Lab, Apr. 8, 2009
They Pay for Cable, Music and Extra Bags. How About News?
By Richard Perez-Pena and Tim Arango, The New York Times, Apr. 7, 2009
Paying for online news: Sorry, but the math just doesn’t work
Martin Langeveld, Nieman Journalism Lab, Apr. 3, 2009
Charging for online content? New updated figures for newspapers with a circulation of 50K
Jeff Mignon and Nancy Wang, Media Cafe, Apr. 3, 2009
Can WSJ Pay Model Work at Other Sites? Part Two (Part One)
Bill Grueskin, Reflections of a Newsosaur, Mar. 23, 2009
Roy Peter Clark’s Poetically Paid Content Idea
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Mar. 20, 2009
If you’re still thinking about charging for online news in 2009, you’re dead already (a primer)
Paul Bradshaw, Online Journalism Blog, Mar. 13, 2009
Why didn’t newspapers try charging for online content? Well, they did ….
Steve Yelvington, Yelvington.com, Mar. 9, 2009
Paid Content: You Can’t Tell the Players Without a Scorecard
Ken Doctor, Content Bridges, Mar. 3, 2009
Why media must charge for web content (Part One) (Part Two)
Alan Mutter, Reflections of a Newsosaur, Mar. 1, 2009
Hearst to Begin Charging for Digital News
Shira Ovide, Digits, Wall Street Journal Blog, Feb. 27, 2009
Read for Free, Pay for Print or Stuff
Michael Josefowicz, MediaShift, Feb. 25, 2009
Information Wants to Be Expensive
L. Gordon Crovitz, The Wall Street Journal, Feb. 23, 2009
Is Paid Online Content a Solution or Impossible Dream?
Rick Edmonds, The Biz Blog, Poynter, Feb. 20, 2009
Not All Information Wants To Be Free
Jack Shafer, Slate, Feb. 18, 2009
Read All About Me on Kachingle: Where I’m Paying for News
Bill Mitchell, NewsPay, Poynter, Feb. 13, 2009
Will paid content work? Two cautionary tales from 2004
Tim Windsor, Nieman Journalism Lab, Feb. 10, 2009
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