Telegram & Gazette to charge for website starting Monday August 15, 2010 08:00 AM
By Johnny Diaz, Globe staff Beginning tomorrow, The Worcester Telegram & Gazette will begin charging some online readers for locally-produced news content on its website, Telegram.com. Newspaper subscribers to the T&G will be able to access all online content for free. But non-subscribers will only be allowed to read 10 staff-produced articles a month. Non-subscribers who want to exceed that number must pay a fee, such as a monthly charge of $14.95 or $1 for a single day's access. Anyone who uses the site, including print subscribers, will be asked to register. The new approach called the "metered model" is similar to the kind that The New York Times is planning to introduce next year. (The New York Times Co. owns the Times, T&G, and The Boston Globe.) Only stories written by T&G staff will be subject to fees. All other content will remain free to all users, such as stories from news services, photo galleries, and videos. ... http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2010/08/telegram_gazett.html Telegram & Gazette to charge for online local news http://telegram.com/article/20100815/NEWS/8150452/1116 _______________________________________________ Medianews mailing list [email protected] http://lists.etskywarn.net/mailman/listinfo/medianews
