Two more publishers jump on paywall wagon German publisher Axel Springer has put two of its newspapers behind a pay wall, while US publisher MediaNews Group says that later this year it will charge for access to two of its local newspaper websites Axel Springer is adding the ClickandBuy payment system to the Berliner Morgenpost and the Hamburger Abendblatt, charging for all content including archives. Content on Morgenpost.de now costs £4.35 per month, while Abendblatt.de’s costs £6.99. Christoph Keese, the head of public affairs and the leader of the firm's online strategy, told the New York Times: "The meta-philosophy of free – we should get rid of this philosophy. A highly industrialized world cannot survive on rumours. It needs quality journalism, and that costs money." In the US, MediaNews Group announced it will charge for access to the Enterprise-Record, in Chico, California, and the Daily Record in York, Pennsylvania. No details are available yet on how much it will be, but MediaNews President Joseph Lodovic told Bloomberg that users would be charged if they accessed more than 25 "premium" articles a month, which could include columns and investigative reporting as well as puzzles. MediaNews announced that it will use Steve Brill's Journalism Online system, Press+. Source: Brand Republic Published on: 08/02/2010 17:16:00

Two more publishers jump on paywall wagon

German publisher Axel Springer has put two of its newspapers behind a pay wall, while US publisher MediaNews Group says that later this year it will charge for access to two of its local newspaper websites

Axel Springer is adding the ClickandBuy payment system to the Berliner Morgenpost and the Hamburger Abendblatt, charging for all content including archives. Content on Morgenpost.de now costs £4.35 per month, while Abendblatt.de’s costs £6.99.

Christoph Keese, the head of public affairs and the leader of the firm's online strategy, told the New York Times: "The meta-philosophy of free – we should get rid of this philosophy. A highly industrialized world cannot survive on rumours. It needs quality journalism, and that costs money."
In the US, MediaNews Group announced it will charge for access to the Enterprise-Record, in Chico, California, and the Daily Record in York, Pennsylvania.

No details are available yet on how much it will be, but MediaNews President Joseph Lodovic told Bloomberg that users would be charged if they accessed more than 25 "premium" articles a month, which could include columns and investigative reporting as well as puzzles.
MediaNews announced that it will use Steve Brill's Journalism Online system, Press+.

Source: Brand Republic

Published on: 08/02/2010 17:16:00

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