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NYT CEO: ‘Prophets’ were incorrect about paywalls

Andrew Beaujon — Mon, 20 May 2013 15:31:14 +0000

At Columbia Business School Sunday, New York Times Co. President and CEO Mark Thompson spoke to new MBAs about “conventional wisdom and all the apparently excellent advice that flows from it.”

Take my industry. The movies are finished. … Read more

Daily newspaper circulation totals ‘do not capture the full story’ anymore

Rick Edmonds — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:52:18 +0000

On Tuesday, the Alliance for Audited Media (formerly ABC) will announce circulation totals for American newspapers, as it has done in regular six-month cycles for as long as I can remember.

I will hazard a guess about the results, but … Read more

BostonGlobe.com, other sites drop paywalls following Boston Marathon explosions

Andrew Beaujon — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 22:49:50 +0000

BostonGlobe.com will be available to nonsubscribers as the news organization continues to cover the explosions in Boston, Globe spokesperson Ellen Clegg said by phone. The home page currently redirects to a live blog about the explosions.

Boston.com, the Globe’s free … Read more

The week in OC Register

Joshua Gillin — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:43:48 +0000

Orange County Register | Nieman Journalism Lab | Los Angeles Times | SoCal Connected

The launch on Tuesday of the Orange County Register’s online paywall is only the latest in a string of changes brought on by publisher and CEO … Read more

New York Times’ paywall bumped up home delivery subscriptions

Andrew Beaujon — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 17:36:04 +0000

The San Francisco Chronicle installed a pay model this past Saturday, and just this week two U.K. papers announced they’d ask readers to pay some of their freight. But even beyond those news hits, there’s been plenty of talk … Read more

Andrew Sullivan tweaks paywall model after initial subscriber surge slows

Jeff Sonderman — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:43:03 +0000

The Dish

After raising a few hundred thousand dollars immediately and about $611,000 after a few weeks, subscriber growth is slowing for Andrew Sullivan’s Daily Dish blog.

Sullivan wrote Monday that income is now at $653,000 out of the $900,000 … Read more

San Francisco Chronicle launches paywalled site with ‘premium’ content

Mallary Jean Tenore — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:02:55 +0000

San Francisco Chronicle | CNET
The San Francisco Chronicle has debuted a new site, SFChronicle.com, which will offer “premium” content that’s different from the content on the Chronicle’s main website, SFGate.com. The Chronicle, which launched the new site on Saturday, explained what the … Read more

Washington Post plans ‘modest’ paywall

Andrew Beaujon — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:28:32 +0000

The Washington Post

The Washington Post will begin charging users “who look at more than 20 articles or multi-media features a month,” Steven Mufson reports.

The step, while modest compared to some other publications, still marks a major
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David Carr: ‘When we in media put up paywalls, we find out who our real friends are’

Mallary Jean Tenore — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:13:32 +0000

In his South by Southwest talk Sunday, David Carr discussed paywalls and their effect on news organizations and news consumers. Here are some of the best tweets from his session.

[View the story "Highlights from David Carr's South by … Read more

Press+ data: Publishers tighten meters, increase digital subscription prices

Jeff Sonderman — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:08:16 +0000

Paywall software provider Press+ released new data today about the more than 400 publishers who use its service to charge for digital content. (Poynter uses Press+ to solicit donations.) Overall, publishers are gradually squeezing readers with higher digital … Read more