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29th May 2013
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Telegraph figures show no downside to paywall
The first website figures for the Telegraph since it went behind a metered paywall suggest there is “no downside” to their approach (Press Gazette)
24th May 2013
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New York Times paywall a roaring success
In a speech to Columbia business school graduates, the CEO of the New York Times described the company’s role in media disruption (paidContent)
17th May 2013
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Sun paywall needs 300,000 subscribers
Sun+ service predicted to result in drop in online ad revenue with NI also paying £30m-plus for digital Premier League football rights (Guardian)
8th January 2013
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Google Play Magazines offer free digital editions for print subscribers
Subscribers to print magazines can now access the digital edition for free through the Google Play Magazines store (TechRadar)
4th January 2013
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Ad-free publishing experiment sees six-figure revenue in 6 hours
He described the system as a “leaky meter,” where readers can hit the “read on” button a limited number of times (TechCrunch)
27th November 2012
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New US guidelines for print publications that go digital-only
The Alliance for Audited Media—as the Audit Bureau of Circulations has renamed itself— creates new guidelines for print titles that go digital-only (Adweek)
28th June 2012
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Gannett says paywalls are generating strong revenue, despite circulation declines
The digital subscription strategy is on pace to contribute $100 million of additional operating profit by the end of next year (Poynter)
21st June 2012
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Economist: Digital-only subscriptions up more than 50%
More than three times the number of print subscribers are also now reading the newspaper on a digital device weekly (Journalism.co.uk)
1st December 2011
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Financial Times sees content beating print ads
The FT expects print advertising revenues to be overtaken by subscription and cover price sales for the first time this year (Reuters)
21st October 2011
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New York Times digital subscribers up 40,000
NYT has 324,000 readers paying for online content following strong summer, while its publisher posts healthy Q3 profit (Guardian)