About 1,300 readers are paying 27 cents a story. “It’s going to take time for people to recognize that they can enter into this agreement with us to read now and pay later and willingly refund.”
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Benton, Joshua. "Press Publish 6: Rick Edmonds of Poynter on paywalls, print days, and the economics of newspapers." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 13 Feb. 2013. Web. 25 Apr. 2024.
APA
Benton, J. (2013, Feb. 13). Press Publish 6: Rick Edmonds of Poynter on paywalls, print days, and the economics of newspapers. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2013/02/press-publish-6-rick-edmonds-of-poynter-on-paywalls-print-days-and-the-economics-of-newspapers/
Chicago
Benton, Joshua. "Press Publish 6: Rick Edmonds of Poynter on paywalls, print days, and the economics of newspapers." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified February 13, 2013. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2013/02/press-publish-6-rick-edmonds-of-poynter-on-paywalls-print-days-and-the-economics-of-newspapers/.
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