Paywalls are dead: Newspapers in the English-speaking world ended paywalls some 69 times through May 2015, including 41 temporary and 28 permanent drops, according to a study, with the exception of a few like The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Financial Times, which have been relatively successful with paywalls because of their unique content.
WASHINGTON: Paywalls were supposed to help rescue newspapers from the crisis of sinking print circulation as readers shifted to getting their news online.
But with a few exceptions, they have failed to deliver much relief, prompting some news organisations to rethink their digital strategies.
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