MediaNews Group, which publishes 57 daily newspapers around the U.S., unveiled a new online paywall model for 23 of its smaller newspaper Web sites, requiring online readers to pay for access to digital content. Unusual for the newspaper and magazine business, this includes people who subscribe to the print edition.
Mentioned later in the article is a study conducted at the Reynolds Journalism Institute:
A recent survey by the Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri-Columbia found that 25% of U.S. newspapers are already charging for some online content. That proportion could rise to 60% in a few years as publishers struggle to stabilize finances amid a continuing decline in print ad revenues, and only modest growth in online revenues.
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