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April 17, 2013 08:30 pm GMT
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'The Guardian': We're Not Planning on a Paywall
Newspapers worldwide are putting up metered paywalls at a record pace in an effort to convert their large, free-reading online audiences into paid subscribers. In the UK, The Times, The Sunday Times, The Financial Times, The Daily Telegraph and The Sun, among others, have all implemented (or announced plans to implement) paywalls — but The Guardian, which reported a pre-tax loss of £75.6m in 2011, has no plans to join them.
Speaking at a paidContent conference in New York City on Wednesday, Alan Rusbridger, editor-in-chief of The Guardian, said, "We've always said we're open-minded on [paywalls]... [But] we're not planning on having one." Read more...
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