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   What makes for a successful online news site? Online Media Awards judges give us their verdicts

   Before the Online Media Awards close for entries at midnight tonight, The Drum caught up with CNN's Nick Wrenn and former People editor Bill Hagerty to get a sense of what they will be looking for when they judge this year's awards. ... Read more

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   UK - 23/03/2012

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   Canada’s Globe and Mail newspaper to move to a metered paywall system

   Canadian national newspaper, The Globe and Mail, is to begin charging its readers for content through a metered paywall system although it has not yet announced how much it will charge or how many free articles it will give readers. ... Read more

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   UK - 14/05/2012

   Media
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   ABC figures up in the US : proof that paywalls may save newspapers?

   It was the headline to gladden any newspaperman's heart: "Globe's paid circulation rises first time since 04". The Boston Globe told readers yesterday that paid circulation had grown for the first time since September 2004. ... Read more

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   International - 03/05/2012

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   New Media Age introduces paywall

   Centaur owned digital publication New Media Age has erected a paywall for all of its content. ... Read more

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   London - 13/04/2012

   Digital
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   Johnston Press will not introduce paywalls or fees for iPhone apps, CEO Ashley Highfield reveals

   Johnston Press chief executive Ashley Highfield has said that the company’s digital proposition will aim to make revenue through its apps, rather than the use of any paywalls. ... Read more

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   London - 22/03/2012

   Digital
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   New York Times, with 454,000 subscribers, raises its paywall higher

   A full year after erecting its paywall, the New York Times has 454,000 paying subscribers. This makes it one of the most successful news publications charging for web content - but is still a long way behind arch-rival The Wall Street Journal,... Read more

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   United States - 20/03/2012

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   UM London's week-long inquiry into future of the press. Here are their conclusions.

   This week, UM London has welcomed some of the most prominent figures and brands in the industry to come in and talk to the agency about the future of press. It’s all part of the agency’s inaugural ‘Press Week’, which was designed to highlight the... Read more

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   London - 27/04/2012

   Media
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   Los Angeles Times to introduce a paywall from March

   The Los Angeles Times daily newspaper is to begin charging readers for access to its online news from 5 March. ... Read more

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   United States - 27/02/2012

   Digital
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   Sunday Times put Marie Colvin’s final report from Syria outside paywall

   The Sunday Times has responded to the outpouring of tweets following the death of its foreign correspondent, Marie Colvin, in Syria by putting her final report for the paper outside of its paywall. ... Read more

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   UK - 23/02/2012

   Media
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    Gannett to build paywalls around all its US newspapers - except USA Today

    The US’s largest newspaper publisher, Gannett, is planning is planning to switch over all of its 80 community newspapers to a paid model by the end of the year. ... Read more

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    United States - 24/02/2012

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