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Posted Fri, Sep 14, 6:50 p.m.
RE: Free wins: If S-R is paying that much to deliver content, somebody is ripping them off. I've run comparably-sized web sites and our "delivery" costs were pennies or less per user. Content creation, etc. is not "delivery" costs. Nor are they product costs. The ink, paper and presses are ...
MOREPosted Fri, Sep 14, 1:41 p.m.
RE: Free wins: Replying to my own post ... I forgot to mention: Mr. Smith undercuts his own argument with this statement: "I have always been somewhat puzzled by the criticism of this strategy. You wouldn't expect the newspaper to drop a free paper on your driveway seven days a ...
MOREPosted Fri, Sep 14, 1:37 p.m.
Free wins: I too arrived here via Romenesko. All due respect to Steve Smith, I don't believe that the pay wall has one whit of influence over his paper's subscription numbers. While he runs an industry-leading web site, there is really no logical justification for the pay wall. I have ...
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