Washington Post following the Baltimore Sun...

[KSweeley]

by having plans to introduce a paywall in 2013.

Link: http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore...-pay-wall.html

After resisting the idea of charging readers for access to online content, even as competitors moved in that direction, the Washington Post is likely to reverse that stance, according to reports from the Wall Street Journal and CNBC, the Washington Business Journal reported Thursday.


The Journal, citing people familiar with the discussions, said the Post will likely roll out next year a metered paywall that would allow casual readers to see a limited number of stories for free before being charged a subscription fee. The Post will also increase its print paper's newsstand price, the Journal said.

[demopublican]

LOL. I would guess it will have a similar cookie based system.
No biggie.

[local]

I wasn't sure. I've pretty much given up. Yes, the paywall is easy to circumvent but a) like it or not, it's stealing if they demand payment and I figure another way in, so that's a non-starter and b) it's just not worth the trouble. I can get my news in may other places on the web.

I'll read the occasional story (The Sun continues to break news as any solid metro paper does) until I hit my monthly allotment, but if the braintrust there refuses to participate fully in the 21st century, then I'll take my reading habits elsewhere.