MediaNews to test pay walls at two papers

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.