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The Return of the Pay Wall: Newspapers declar free content the enemy (thebigmoney.com)
1 point by aj on July 7, 2009 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


Go ahead and do it then, we'll see how long that lasts. Newspapers are not competing with other newspapers with paywalls, they're competing with all the other internet content.

Newspapers are going to be one of those institutions that we'll miss when they're gone, but gone they will be.

The smartest ones may be able to find a way to adapt, a paywall on non-unique content isn't going to do much good I expect, it will only hasten the downfall.




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