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CNN Plans to Paywall News Content Starting Next Month
The Wrap vis Yahoo News ^ | September 26, 2024 | Josh Dickey

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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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: cnn; paywall; xinn
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To: Robwin

Yes charge for something people won’t watch for free. 😆


41 posted on 09/26/2024 5:49:42 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Robwin

From now on you’re going to have to pay us for us to lie to you. Got it? No more free lies and disinformation for you!


42 posted on 09/26/2024 5:55:30 PM PDT by Lake Living
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43 posted on 09/26/2024 6:04:15 PM PDT by toddausauras (Trump 2024)
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To: Robwin
CNN Paywall? The sooner the better.

44 posted on 09/26/2024 6:13:51 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endureth forever. -- Psalm 106)
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To: Robwin

Not paying a dime, doubt many will


45 posted on 09/26/2024 6:14:36 PM PDT by HamiltonJay ( )
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To: Robwin

Darn,

Will I have to pay to NOT watch the thing
that I currently NOT watch for free?

Just Darn!


46 posted on 09/26/2024 6:20:03 PM PDT by Weirdad (Orthodox Americanism: It's what's good for the world! (Not communifascism!))
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To: Robwin
Just what I want: Democrat Pro-pay-ganda.

I guess they need the money for Stelter's buffet budget and Toobin's lube bill since they brought back both.

47 posted on 09/26/2024 6:22:13 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (7/13/2024:The day the Democrats and their SA chose assassination as their primary political tool.)
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To: Robwin

I’m just not sure how you can sell something you can’t give away.??


48 posted on 09/26/2024 6:50:49 PM PDT by Quickgun (I got here kicking,screaming and covered in someone else's blood. I can go out that way if I have to)
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To: Robwin

I can’t imagine the kind of gullible fool that would actually pay CNN for news. That’s almost as bad as NYT.


49 posted on 09/26/2024 6:52:49 PM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Robwin

Why would you even consider it?


50 posted on 09/26/2024 6:57:55 PM PDT by Chickensoup
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To: Robwin

So, CNN will be paywalling.....nothing.


51 posted on 09/26/2024 7:14:23 PM PDT by alstewartfan (Child slavery, rape and drug OD's mean nothing to Roberts and Barrett. )
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To: Robwin

Excellent news!

Watching or reading CNN is like using used toilet paper in a Tijuana bathroom...


52 posted on 09/26/2024 7:28:29 PM PDT by SuperLuminal ( Where is Samuel Adams when we so desperately need him)
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To: Robwin

They will then find out that NOBODY goes to them for real NEWS, and those that do will NOT pay for it. So, die you sobs, just crawl away and shrivel up to zero.


53 posted on 09/26/2024 7:50:47 PM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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Pay toilets at the airports?


54 posted on 09/26/2024 8:10:54 PM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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