Why the New York Times’ Pay Model is Similar to NPR and Spot.Us

Apr1st
2011 6 Comments Written by Digidave

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Free Wally on April 2, 2011 at 7:01 am said:

They should have started the paywall on April Fool’s Day.

I fully agree that this is a Pay-if-you-want-Wall, apparently built at about the same cost as the Mexican Wall that keeps out illegal immigrants.

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Andriak on April 2, 2011 at 5:37 pm said:

…and that Spotus model seems similar to Civic Science, which just scored $1.2 million in funding. Kevin McClatchy’s on the board:

http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/24/digital-polling-utility-civicscience-scores-1-2-million-in-seed-funding/
Digidave on April 2, 2011 at 10:40 pm said:

@Andriak – holy crap! Thanks for pointing that out. Hadn’t heard of them – but yes, that matches our ‘free credits’ feature exactly. If only I had 2 million to roll it out
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