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Will Paywalls Rescue Newspapers?

By Pandora Young on November 2, 2009 2:24 PM

The heated debate over paywalls and charging for content continues to rage. Our sister blog BayNewser has turned to crowdsourcing for the answer, and the rest of the MediaBistro family is spreading the word:

The issue is coming to a head. The New York Times is going to decide “within weeks” whether to erect a paywall. And Newsday already has. Some in the journalism business think newspapers won’t be able to survive unless they start charging readers to read their stories on the Web. Others think it’ll be the beginning of the end, as readers flee to free sources of news – with advertisers close behind.

What do you think?

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