(2016-08-15) Lots Of Newspapers Discovering That Paywalls Dont Work

Lots Of NewsPapers Discovering That PayWalls Don't Work

The business of newspapers has never really been "the news business" (no matter how much they insist otherwise). It's always been the community and attention business. And in the past they were able to command such attention and build a community around news because they didn't have much competition. But the competitive landscape for community and attention has changed (massively) thanks to the internet. And putting up a paywall makes it worse.