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Thursday, February 23, 2012

Gannett Building Paywalls Around All Its Papers Except USA Today

The vogue for digital paywalls sweeping the news business has made it all the way to the top: Gannett, the nation’s largest newspaper publisher, is planning to switch over all of its 80 community newspapers to a paid model by the end of the year, it announced during an investor day held in Manhattan Wednesday.

“We will begin to restrict some access to non-subscribers,” said Bob Dickey, president of community publishing. The model is similar to the metered system adopted by The New York Times a year ago, in which online readers are able to view a limited number of pages for free each month. That quota will be between five and 15 articles, depending on the paper, said Dickey. Six Gannett papers already have a digital pay regimen in place.

There is one Gannett title, however, that will remain free, at least for the foreseeable future: USA Today. Gannett CEO explained that decision as a matter of priorities, noting that USA Today is in the midst of overhauling its website to create a user experience more similar to that of an iPad app.

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

looks like the daily times will lose more readers

Anonymous said...

In some regions Gannett taken most daily publications ...

Anonymous said...

When the Sunpaper started to charge for reading their articles, I read the headlines and find the story elsewhere if possible.The daily times doesn't have much to read antway.

Anonymous said...

The very last and final move that will end any value in their publication. Wanna buy a used press? Many for sale...CHEAP