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March 28, 2012 02:17 AM
The WaPo Ombudsman’s Faulty Paywall Analysis
The NYT's meter is saving or adding more than $70 million in revenue a year already
Washington Post ombudsman Patrick B. Pexton has a flawed analysis on the logic of a possible paywall there and on the performance of the one that already exists at The New York Times. How much revenue could charging digital readers really add to the bottom line? To find out, let’s look at the Times’ and Post’s annual reports — publicly...
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