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In response to "WaPo going paywall this summer. -- (link)" by spamlet (iPhone)

I'm amazed WaPo did not learned the lessons from every other news organization that tried to put their info behind a paywall

Posted by Mr. Havens (aka EdwardHavens) Mar 18 '13, 12:02

Unless you are the Wall Street Journal, a paywall just ain't gonna work for you.

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I want quality reporting and that costs money. How are they going to pay their reporters if the papers aren't selling and online ads aren't enough? - Krusty Mar 18, 12:23 1
- Quality reporting does cost money. No disagreement there, but paywalls for dailies do not work except for the largest and most-trusted sources - Mr. Havens Mar 18, 12:37
seems to be working well enough for NYTimes this time around -- nm - znufrii Mar 18, 12:03 2
- Apparently not -- (link) - Mr. Havens Mar 18, 12:20
- It's working well for a lot of organizations (included a couple of properties in mine). - Kim Pine Mar 18, 12:10

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