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Articles tagged paywall (269)

Joshua BentonJuly 7, 2021

USA Today is getting a paywall. Who’s the audience for it?

The marketplace for online news has thus far rewarded (a) premium quality and (b) local connection. USA Today’s digital subscription offering seems likely, in its current form at least, to fall between those two stools.

Ken DoctorJuly 30, 2020

Newsonomics: The New York Times’ new CEO, Meredith Levien, on building a world-class digital media business — and a tech company

“Engineering now is the second largest functional area at the New York Times, only behind journalism, and the largest function by far on the business side.”

Ken DoctorJune 29, 2020

Newsonomics: The New York Times is opting out of Apple News

A giant potential audience isn’t good enough on its own anymore: “It’s time to re-examine all of our relationships with the big platforms.”

Ken DoctorJune 24, 2020

Newsonomics: Bloomberg’s Justin Smith is investing in news when everyone else is cutting

“You want to move your business and your model to the place on the media chessboard where the dollars are going to be going” — the TV money that will follow audiences to streaming.

Sarah ScireMarch 26, 2020

Slate launches a metered paywall to draw more membership revenue from readers, not just listeners

“Up till now, Slate has provided almost all of its written work for free. But going forward, we think the way we will truly thrive is by continuing to diversify our revenue — by asking readers like you to support us more directly.”

Sarah ScireMarch 24, 2020

“Just catch me up, quick”: How The Wall Street Journal is trying to reach non-news junkies

News products that the Journal built to highlight its election coverage to occasional readers are being repurposed for coronavirus coverage.

Ken DoctorFebruary 20, 2020

Newsonomics: In Memphis’ unexpected news war, The Daily Memphian’s model demands attention

It’s generated controversy over its fundraising, its paywall, and its staffing. But it’s also about as close as a major American city has gotten to a digital news site that can go toe-to-toe with the local daily newspaper.

Christine SchmidtAugust 6, 2019

How Piano built a propensity paywall for publishers — and what it’s learned so far

“Having a machine-learning framework to say who’s likely to churn, register, and subscribe has been a critical step in us making those experiences more tailored.”

Christine SchmidtMay 13, 2019

Quartz, built on free distribution, has put its articles behind a paywall

Being a Quartz Member ($100/year) will now be required for access to all of its stories — one more case of a quality publisher finding that advertising revenue isn’t enough to allow a readership without limits.

Ken DoctorMarch 28, 2019

Newsonomics: Patrick Soon-Shiong on the L.A. Times’ transmedia future, french-fry tweets, and modernizing the “newspaper” business

The billionaire owner on unions (“I think they did the unionize thing out of desperation”), esports (“We must start fighting for the 16-year-olds all the way to the 30-year-olds, because that’s not our demographic”), and hiring the intern.

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