After Three Months, Only 35 Subscriptions for Newsday’s Web Site — resource and quote below from Stephen Downes
Newsday’s paid content rollout: 35 subscribers. Yes, that’s right. 35 subscribers. “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?”
From DSC:
For those of you who have been following my thoughts on this — as seen here and here as well — those of us in higher ed need to watch what is happening with the newspaper industry. We could easily be next.