NY Observer reports that at a meeting last week a Newsday official casually admitted that in the three months after erecting a pay wall at the paper's site only 35 people have forked over any dough for free access. That's 35, not 3500. Of course, Newsday is a special case -- because of Cablevision link, 3 out of 4 in the area get free access with that. Still. As one Newsday staffer put it, "We're the freebie newsletter" for Cablevision.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Thirty Something (Subscribers) at 'Newsday'
NY Observer reports that at a meeting last week a Newsday official casually admitted that in the three months after erecting a pay wall at the paper's site only 35 people have forked over any dough for free access. That's 35, not 3500. Of course, Newsday is a special case -- because of Cablevision link, 3 out of 4 in the area get free access with that. Still. As one Newsday staffer put it, "We're the freebie newsletter" for Cablevision.
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