'Newsday' Pay Wall Not Such a Failure

Writes CJR's Ryan Chittum today, after the widely-touted embarrassing number of 35 paid online subscribers came out. He cites internal memo claiming that core audience has not been affected hardly at all and this is audience they care about. Already others have pointed out that Newsday in almost unique situation because of its Cablevision link and so many on Long Island getting free access due to cable TV or Web hookup.