Brauchli: No plans for a Washington Post paywall

by Jim Romenesko Published Aug. 11, 2011 12:28 pm Updated Aug. 18, 2011 8:01 am

Asian American Journalists Association
At the AAJA convention in Detroit, Post executive editor Marcus Brauchli said “we are quite content being the largest free premium newspaper online” and that a paywall won’t be going up anytime soon. Knight Foundation’s John Bracken told the audience that “print is the new vinyl”; that got a big reaction. || Read more tweets and news from the convention.

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http://twitter.com/jimross96 Jim Ross

I work at a small daily where print advertising and subscription revenue provide the vast majority of revenue. Our digital product is important and gets a lot of love, care and attention. I don’t know what things will look like in the coming years. I do know that, for now, print pays the bills as we sort it all out. I can live with the uncertainty and the transitioning. But I could do with out snarky dismissals like this from the Knight Foundation.
http://twitter.com/jimross96 Jim Ross

I work at a small daily where print advertising and subscription revenue provide the vast majority of revenue. Our digital product is important and gets a lot of love, care and attention. I don’t know what things will look like in the coming years. I do know that, for now, print pays the bills as we sort it all out. I can live with the uncertainty and the transitioning. But I could do with out snarky dismissals like this from the Knight Foundation.
http://www.facebook.com/drdougferguson Doug Ferguson

Running a diploma mill (Kaplan) is a nice cushion for Wapo.
Anonymous

>>>Knight Foundation’s John Bracken told the audience that “print is the new vinyl”; that got a big reaction.

The way he talks, you’d almost think the Knight Foundation got money from Google. Which it does.