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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-26-10 05:14 PM
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After Three Months, Only 35 Subscriptions for Newsday's (Pay) Web Site
Source: The New York Observer

In late October, Newsday, the Long Island daily that the Dolans bought for $650 million, put its web site, newsday.com, behind a pay wall. The paper was one of the first non-business newspapers to take the plunge by putting up a pay wall, so in media circles it has been followed with interest. Could its fate be a sign of what others, including The New York Times, might expect?

So, three months later, how many people have signed up to pay $5 a week, or $260 a year, to get unfettered access to newsday.com?

The answer: 35 people. As in fewer than three dozen. As in a decent-sized elementary-school class.

more: http://www.observer.com/2010/media/after-three-months-only-35-subscriptions-newsdays-web-site
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Cronus Protagonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-26-10 05:16 PM
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1. Think of the advertising opportunities!
lol
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randr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-26-10 05:21 PM
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2. I used to download the crossword everyday
and they blocked it with a hidden cookie or two. Now they don't even get my daily hit to record.
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