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Subscriptions for Newsday’s Web Site
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In late October, Newsday, the Long Island daily that the Dolans bought for $650 million, put its web site, newsday.com, behind a pay wall. The paper was one of the first non-business newspapers to take the plunge by putting up a pay wall, so in media circles it has been followed with interest. Could its fate be a sign of what others, including The New York Times, might expect?
So, three months later, how many people have signed up to pay $5 a week, or $260 a year, to get unfettered access to newsday.com?
The answer: 35 people. As in fewer than three dozen. As in a decent-sized elementary-school class.
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It costs $4.50/week to subscribe to the print edition, which gives you access to the website, and 50 cents MORE for the privilege of not having to toss the dead trees into the recycling bin. And shockingly, only 35 people signed up?
Yes. Whoever thought this up is probably an MBA.
Actually, I think they are more likely a BFI (Big Farking Idiot)…