{"id":648597,"date":"2013-03-25T09:56:09","date_gmt":"2013-03-25T13:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paidcontent.org\/?p=226443"},"modified":"2013-03-25T09:56:09","modified_gmt":"2013-03-25T13:56:09","slug":"sf-chronicle-puts-premium-content-including-columnists-behind-a-paywall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/648597","title":{"rendered":"SF Chronicle puts premium content, including columnists, behind a paywall"},"content":{"rendered":"

The San Francisco Chronicle<\/em> announced over the weekend that it’s launched a new subscription site, SFChronicle.com. Much of the newspaper’s premium content — including columnists, editorials and op-eds, and arts and leisure coverage — will now only be available to paying subscribers. SFGate.com, which focuses on “what’s happening today,” will remain free.<\/p>\n

Subscribers to the print edition of the\u00a0Chronicle<\/em> will get access to SFChronicle.com for free. Otherwise, an “Ultimate Access” digital subscription — which also includes access to the Chronicle iPad app and Kindle edition — is $12 per month. SFChronicle.com is built using responsive design, meaning it can be read on any device.<\/p>\n

Chronicle<\/em> president Mark Adkins listed the content going behind the paywall<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Subscribers also will have full access to The Chronicle’s most enduring legacy – its columnists. The list of premium content goes on, including The Chronicle’s award-winning coverage of sports and the outdoors, arts and cultural events, pop music and entertainment, architecture and urban design, the environment and climate change, business and technology, food and wine, health and fitness, politics and government, and editorials and opinion pieces.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The announcement of the paywall itself was originally behind the paywall, Jim Romenesko noted<\/a>, but it can now be read for free.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Chronicle<\/em> is owned by Hearst. Last November, the\u00a0Houston Chronicle<\/em> became the first Hearst-owned paper to enact a paywall<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Subscriber content. Sign up for a free trial<\/a>.<\/p>\n