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Around the Web: Five questions to ask before you start charging for online content
Shared by Tommy Thomason on August 11, 2009
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During the last few months, we've seen more and more newspapers make plans to begin charging for online content -- despite the lack of success most have had with paywalls. You may be considering the same thing. But before you do, take five minutes to read Michelle McLellan's blog. She asks five questions that any newspaper should ask before it erects a paywall. This one's worth your time.
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Tommy Thomason
Director at Texas Center for Community Journalism
Tommy Thomason is the founding director of the Texas Center for Community Journalism. Thomason began his career in journalism in the early 1970s with the Associated Press, working as a sportswriter in Arkadelphia and Little Rock, Ark. He has also worked in public relations in Dallas and as a...