Posted on 09/26/2024 4:41:55 PM PDT by Robwin
CNN will introduce a “metered” paywall early next month for online readers, part of a broader plan by chairman/CEO Mark Thompson to restructure the news giant into profitability.
The plan was first reported Thursday by the New York Times. A CNN spokesperson declined to comment.
The metered paywall will require frequent users to pay for access after clicking on a set number of articles. The model is common among major news outlets, including the New York Times and the New Yorker.
CNN first hinted at the plan in July, when it said it would be launching a digital subscription service as a part of a restructuring that included the layoffs of some 100 staffers. Details were not disclosed, but sources who spoke with the Times indicated CNN will start with a low-cost option.
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This is another lead balloon like the CNN+ app for smart phones.
Party’s over, Zucker. Sell to Musk and let CNN become more MAGA than Fox. 🙂
just a maneuver to keep more conservatives from reading their propaganda and calling them out on it, like there are a lot of conservatives on there already.
CNN sucks.
Didn’t they used to be called Pravda??????
I’m not really willing to pay to read usually bad news. That’s probably why the mass media has shifted even more to the left. Some leftists will pay to read what they think is good news.
However, I do have a suggestion to get around Goggle and to get more ad revenue while retaining open access.
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Maybe if they turn on this joke of a Vice President, they may gain credibility
One of many reasons why I cut the cord
Make people pay for what they don’t want to read?
Yeah. Sure.That’ll work.
Because CNN+ did so well....
CNN can barely sell it’s programming to airport lobbies. The only reason they are alive is because they are on every cable and satellite providers default channel list. The idea of them setting up a paywall is hilarious.
“CNN Plans to Paywall News Content Starting Next Month”
the big question is whether there’s anyone who will even notice ...
The only thing from CNN that I sometimes read is what freepers post here in FR. And more often than not I just skip over it cause I know beforehand that it’s a bunch of bull.
“If they actually had news to report, I might pay for them, but they don’t.”
why pay for lies when you can get all you want for free ...
“Paywall” is a verb?
How much are they going to pay me for watching their propaganda nonsense?
Caustic News Network.
For lefty braindead useful idiots.
When it’s free and you can’t give it away, you’d have to be Mark Cuban’s marketing manager to try to charge for it.
That’s good, that way I don’t accidentally click through to their website.
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