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Christian Science Monitor Editor Discusses First Digital Anniversary

March 30, 2010 – 6:31 pm

John Yemma, editor of The Christian Science Monitor, provides an overview at paidContent about the first year after limiting the paper edition to one day a week and making the transition to mostly digital. Via a video interview I did with him in November 2008, you can compare what is he is saying now with [...]

By Leonard Witt | Posted in Future of Journalism, Uncategorized | Also tagged Christian Science Monitor, John Yemma, journalism business models, Leonard Witt interview, multimedia, online, reinventing journalism, Social Media | Comments (0)

Pay walls going up

February 5, 2010 – 10:40 am

The Intelligencer Journal-Lancaster New Era in Lancaster, Pa., is one of the first handful of news outlets planning to use a software system developed by Steven Brill, L. Gordon Crovitz and their partners, called Press+. Others include The Fayetteville Observer in North Carolina and Global Post. As the NY Times reports, a move to charge for content means not a [...]

By admin | Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Fayetteville Observer, Global Post, intelligencer Journal, Press+, Steven Brill | Comments (0)

NY Times to try new pay wall plan

January 18, 2010 – 5:51 pm

The New York Times is ready to jump back into the pay wall business. New York Magazine reports a final decision could be days away. The Times is likely to adopt the metered system, where readers can look at a certain number of free stories before being asked to subscribe. The Daily Intel column speculates [...]

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MediaNews to test pay wall early next year

November 4, 2009 – 8:24 am

MediaNews Group, which operates 54 newspapers in 11 states, plans to test partial pay walls at two of its newspaper websites in early 2010. The Enterprise-Record in Chico, CA, and the York, PA, Daily Record will require a fee for access to premium content. ”We don’t think putting everything behind a pay wall works, but [...]