Ten months after going independent, Andrew Sullivan’s politics blog the Dish has hit $791,000 in subscriber revenue. The goal for the year is $900,000. October saw a surge in membership numbers… Read more »
Politico announced Thursday that it will test a metered paywall this week in six states, as well as abroad. But readers in the Washington, D.C. area remain exempt because Politico gets… Read more »
Popular politics blog The Dish, which went independent and added a metered paywall at the beginning of this year, is probably not going to reach its $900,000 goal, founder Andrew Sullivan says. Read more »
Andrew Sullivan added a new payment option for The Dish Monday: Users will now be able to pay by the month. Previously, they were only offered a yearly subscription option. Read more »
According to Press+ data, the average price of a monthly digital subscription is now $9.26 — up from $6.85 at the beginning of 2012. Publishers are also offering fewer articles for… Read more »
The Washington Post is reportedly planning a paywall in 2013, and the Daily Beast is also contemplating metered access. Gannett announced this week that it is seeing a rise in revenues… Read more »
Research from the Newspaper Association of America shows that most newspapers with paywalls are using a metered model, and free digital access for print subscribers is not a given. Read more »