Content-type: text/html Downes.ca ~ Stephen's Web ~ After Three Months, Only 35 Subscriptions for Newsday's Web Site

Stephen Downes

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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?"

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