The most-visited news website in the United States is trying out a paywall.
In early October, CNN will begin experimenting with charging some readers for digital access as part of a bid to shore up its business as cable television erodes industrywide, according to two people with knowledge of the decision.
The company is planning a so-called metered model, which will require the site’s habitual users to pay after reading a certain number of articles, the people said.
https://dnyuz.com/2024/09/26/coming-up-next-on-cnn-a-paywall/
@disk4mat I've thought for the longest time, Murdoch & Fox are far smarter than CNN/MSNBC et al. You can get access to Faux News pretty much anywhere and for free. You're going to hit far more people with that free-access business model than actual news on a paid one. 🙄
It definitely skews the public discourse that more right wing and right-leaning news sources are free than left-leaning ones.
@tyghebright @BillyBones
Very true.