The Impact of Technological Change
Restricting access to internet content via a paid subscription is often called a paywall. Newspapers started introducing paywalls in 2010 to increase their revenue, which had been decreasing due to a decline in paid print readership and advertising revenue. For some newspapers, you can read the start or a snippet of an article and have to pay to read on. Mashable says that now '20% of newspapers have a paywall'. This will only increase because newspapers need the revenue and to keep the papers going they need funding. The Guardian here asks for generosity because they do not have a paywall as they want to 'keep their journalism as open as they can' They do ask however for the audience to donate £1 to support the Guardian, which is optional, but helps fund the paper. The Daily Mail has a log in section where you can 'join now' which includes sharing your views on the news, checking your status, and comparing your comments to other members: ...
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