MediaNews Group announced that it will put up partial pay walls at its York, Pa. and Chico, Ca. newspapers in early 2010.
MediaNews CEO Dean Singleton told Editor & Publisher that while the company doesn't think that putting all content behind a pay wall works, he wants to condition readers that they will have to pay for some things.
Exact dates, fees, and what content will go behind the wall has not been announced.
Just last week, figures released by the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the Daily Record showed the biggest print circulation increase among newspapers nationwide with a paid circulation of more than 50,000, rising 16.5 percent to 55,370.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Newsday.com moves to subscriber model
Long Island's Newsday announced today that beginning October 28 it will begin charging a $5 weekly fee for access to most of its online content. Subscribers to the print product or to the Optimum Online service offered by the paper's owner, Cablevision Systems, will still have unlimited free access to newsday.com.
Some content, including classifieds, obituaries, weather and entertainment listings, will remain available to nonpaying readers.
Some content, including classifieds, obituaries, weather and entertainment listings, will remain available to nonpaying readers.
Monday, October 19, 2009
New York Times to cut 100 newsroom jobs
In a note to staff today, New York Times editor Bill Keller announced that the newspaper will cut 100 jobs from the newsroom by year's end. That represents about 8 percent of the news staff.
Keller's memo said that he hopes the reduction can be achieved by voluntary buyouts, noting that everyone in the newsroom will receive a buyout offer. He says if the reduction target is not met by buyout volunteers, they will be forced to resort to layoffs to make the number.
Keller also notes that the editorial, op-ed and business departments also face budget cuts, but he did not speculate on staff reductions in those departments.
A comment thread following an item about the cuts on the Times' Media Decoder blog has many readers offering to pay for online access to Times content.
Keller's memo said that he hopes the reduction can be achieved by voluntary buyouts, noting that everyone in the newsroom will receive a buyout offer. He says if the reduction target is not met by buyout volunteers, they will be forced to resort to layoffs to make the number.
Keller also notes that the editorial, op-ed and business departments also face budget cuts, but he did not speculate on staff reductions in those departments.
A comment thread following an item about the cuts on the Times' Media Decoder blog has many readers offering to pay for online access to Times content.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
CBS teams with GlobalPost.com for foreign news
CBS News and the GlobalPost Web site announced Monday a partnership that will provide foreign news coverage to the network by GlobalPost's nearly 70 correspondents spread around the world.
GlobalPost, an eight-month-old site founded by Phil Balboni, who created the New England Cable News network, and former Boston Globe foreign correspondent Charles Sennott, uses a network of part-time correspondents to gather and report international news. Each of the correspondents has a minor ownership stake in the site.
CBS will primarily rely on the GlobalPost reports as background for stories that its journalists will then repackage.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
GlobalPost, an eight-month-old site founded by Phil Balboni, who created the New England Cable News network, and former Boston Globe foreign correspondent Charles Sennott, uses a network of part-time correspondents to gather and report international news. Each of the correspondents has a minor ownership stake in the site.
CBS will primarily rely on the GlobalPost reports as background for stories that its journalists will then repackage.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Friday, September 18, 2009
WSJ.com drops online fee for the day
The Wall Street Journal Online dropped its fee for access to premium content today (Friday, September 18).
An ad on the site's homepage states "The Wall Street Journal Online is free today. Explore the site and all its exclusive features." Cadillac is sponsoring the free-access day.
Online subscriptions to wsj.com run $1.99 per week, and provide access to breaking news and updates, online market data center and news alerts.
An ad on the site's homepage states "The Wall Street Journal Online is free today. Explore the site and all its exclusive features." Cadillac is sponsoring the free-access day.
Online subscriptions to wsj.com run $1.99 per week, and provide access to breaking news and updates, online market data center and news alerts.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Paid content on minds at Communicopia
At the Goldman Sachs Communacopia XVIII Conference in New York on Tuesday, News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch discussed possible moves toward monetizing access to two of the content properties with which he's involved.
Murdoch said that within a few months, the Wall Street Journal will begin charging for access via Blackberry, iPhone and other mobile devices. Mobile-only access will cost $2 per week, while WSJ print subscribers would pay a weekly fee of $1.
Murdoch, along with NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker, said he is also looking at charging a subscription fee for the online video venture, Hulu. That strategy is less well conceived at this point, but Murdoch said that both subscription and pay-per-view models are on the table at this point.
Murdoch said that within a few months, the Wall Street Journal will begin charging for access via Blackberry, iPhone and other mobile devices. Mobile-only access will cost $2 per week, while WSJ print subscribers would pay a weekly fee of $1.
Murdoch, along with NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker, said he is also looking at charging a subscription fee for the online video venture, Hulu. That strategy is less well conceived at this point, but Murdoch said that both subscription and pay-per-view models are on the table at this point.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Adobe buys Omniture
Software maker Adobe Systems announced Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire Omniture, an online business optimization company. The deal is valued at $1.8 billion.
Omniture is a leading provider of online analytics, conversion and marketing.
This is the second major acquisition by Adobe in the past two weeks. On August 31, Adobe announced that it was buying Business Catalyst Systems, LLC. Business Catalyst is the maker of the GoodBarry content management and e-commerce software.
Omniture is a leading provider of online analytics, conversion and marketing.
This is the second major acquisition by Adobe in the past two weeks. On August 31, Adobe announced that it was buying Business Catalyst Systems, LLC. Business Catalyst is the maker of the GoodBarry content management and e-commerce software.
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