Washington Post considering a paywall




The

Washington Post

is weighting whether to charge readers for online access to its newspaper articles,

the

Post

reported.

The publication would charge readers once they have read a certain number of articles per month; it would also launch digital subscriptions, the report said. Print subscribers would receive free online access.

The

New York Times

started charging for online content in 2011. The

Post

report noted that Washington Post Company CEO Donald Graham “has long been considered skeptical about the wisdom of introducing a paywall.” But Warren Buffett, a former director of the Post Co. and “a confidant” of Graham’s has said he would introduce paywalls in the newspapers he owns, and the

Post

report implied that Graham is inclined to follow Buffett’s example.

The

Post

is also planning to raise the newsstand price of the paper, the article said. The publication’s online advertising has stalled, according to the report. (Source:

Washington Post,

Dec. 6, 2012.)

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