paywall

also referred to as: paywalls

3 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Jonah Peretti · across every show →

Everything said about paywall, oldest first

Jan 2, 2019 bearish
Opinion
Peretti: Paywalls fundamentally conflict with the public interest role of journalism
“The paywall model is unfortunate when you think about news being in the public interest. Where, you know, every time there's really serious news, the news, they have to take the paywall down, you know”
Jonah Peretti Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 19:57 a16z Podcast | For Buzzfeed Sharing is the Metric that Matters
Jan 2, 2019 neutral
Insight
Dixon: Digital media is limited to paywalls, native ads, crowdfunding, or billionaires
“You're left with a paywall model, which the New York Times and the Journal are, you know, and other, and the FT maybe are experimenting with. There's some other experiments going on with, like, crowdfunding and things, and then there's native advertising, and …”
Chris Dixon Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 19:41 a16z Podcast | For Buzzfeed Sharing is the Metric that Matters
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Opinion
Evans: Hard paywalls significantly improve newspaper website user experiences
“When those newspapers did that, The page, the site experience got way, way better, because all the crap advertising disappeared, all the link bait headlines disappeared, all the taboola and the click on 500 other stuff disappears. You get white space on the si…”
Benedict Evans Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 17:34 a16z Podcast | Advertising vs. Micropayments in the Age of Ad Blockers
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