An extension of the Common Sense Journalism monthly column by Doug Fisher, former broadcaster, newspaper reporter and wire service editor. From new media to old, much of journalism is just plain common sense.
"In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock." - Unknown (often improperly attributed to Thomas Jefferson)
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." - Upton Sinclair
"Common sense is not so common" - Voltaire
"Common sense is instinct; enough of it is genius" - George Bernard Shaw
The Chronicle is one of the first of the area's larger papers to do it, but I expect to see more in the next year.
Labels: news financials, pay walls
posted by Doug @ 12:28 PM
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Right click on the chicklet and copy the address to your newsreader. (Or click directly on the chicklet for some quick links to some of the most common newsreaders.)
Some other fun sites:
3 Comments:
Doug, while we're not a "big" paper, we here at the Chronicle-Independent launched a full-service website in October and charge for access to our newspaper content. (We also have a free community section for blogs, user photos and online calendar of events.)
Camden Media Co., which owns the paper, also launched a free website for our sister publication, the West Wateree Chronicle, which is a free weekly tab format.
Just thought you'd like to know.
Yes, was aware of that. And, of course, the Lex Co. Chronicle has had a subscription site from day one, and I think one of the Myrtle Beach-area papers was going on some kind of pay system or has already, but I forget which one.
And the Aiken Standard at one time was walled, but then that came down.
I just wanted to outpoint the larger papers in the area, however, because I've been surprised more have not done so sooner.
Chrs,
Doug
The Greenville News paywall is a joke because you can just alter the URL and "see" just about any story.
They have bled subscribers like a worker with a paper cut in an aspirin factory ... while my website has gained momentum because of it.
I expect all papers to go to some form of paid content or extended paid content by the summer of 2012.
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