{"id":650392,"date":"2013-04-03T13:17:26","date_gmt":"2013-04-03T17:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paidcontent.org\/?p=226665"},"modified":"2013-04-03T13:17:26","modified_gmt":"2013-04-03T17:17:26","slug":"a-majority-of-the-biggest-newspapers-in-the-country-now-have-paywalls-infographic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/650392","title":{"rendered":"A majority of the biggest newspapers in the country now have paywalls [infographic]"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Several hundred newspapers now have paywalls of some kind, but for the most part, it’s the small and mid-size papers that have been the early adopters. Last year, for example,\u00a0Gannett put all 80<\/a>\u00a0of its community newspapers’ websites behind metered paywalls, while keeping its flagship paper,\u00a0USA Today<\/a>, <\/em>free online.<\/p>\n

But the New York Times<\/em><\/a>‘ ability to attract subscribers in the two years since its paywall went live –\u00a0combined with the increasingly\u00a0tough digital advertising market<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0seems to have caused some of the bigger newspapers to reconsider.\u00a0In the last year alone, six of the biggest newspapers in the U.S. have announced plans to start charging for their digital editions: the\u00a0LA Times<\/em><\/a>, Washington Post<\/a><\/em>,\u00a0Chicago Tribune<\/em><\/a>, Houston Chronicle<\/em><\/a>, Philadelphia Inquirer<\/em><\/a>, Orange County Register<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

As of now, 12 of the top-20 U.S. newspapers (by weekday circulation) have\u00a0either enacted a paid scheme or plan to do so.<\/p>\n

Click the graphic to the left to see which of the biggest newspapers have paywalls.<\/p>\n

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