Newsday Picks Pay Model Online

Newsday said Thursday it will put most of its online content behind a pay wall beginning next week.

The move makes the Long Island, N.Y., paper the biggest general-interest daily to charge for access to its digital information.

The newspaper said most content of Newsday.com will be accessible only to those who subscribe to the print newspaper or Optimum Online — or are willing to pay a weekly fee of $5.

Calling the pay wall a “pioneering Web model” in an online post announcing the change, Newsday said Newsday.com

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