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The Toronto Star reports
We are announcing the cancellation of Digital Access, our paid digital subscription program for readers of our website, thestar.com, effective April 1, 2015.
[...]We are making this move after extensive input from our readers and our advertisers. Listening to our audiences is critical to the success of our daily newspaper and our digital offerings and we are committed to continually adjusting our digital strategies to provide them with what they want.
TechDirt notes
We've been saying it for years, but it needs to be said again: the news "business" has almost never (there are a very few exceptions) really been the "news" business. It has almost always been the community business. Build a community and then do something to monetize that community to continue serving that community.
[...]The Toronto Star's decision to kill off its paywall just reinforces the simple fact that a paywall is a stupid business model in an age of abundant information.
I note that The Star has no useful accessibility features in their page. Clearly, they don't get the online thing.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by hottabasco on Wednesday March 11 2015, @07:16PM
Is Vanderhoth claiming to be a journalist?
(Score: 2) by Vanderhoth on Thursday March 12 2015, @10:53AM
To be fair I didn't take that as a personal jab, I agree some articles here do have click bait headlines. Many of which are taken from, or aren't far off, the feature articles.
Problem though is Soylent drives clicks for those crappy click bait articles, which only reenforces the fact that click bait actually works.
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