Newspapers Lower Paywalls for Election

NYT and WSJ offer unlimited online access for 24 hours

Last week, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal lowered their paywalls to give readers unfettered access to Hurricane Sandy coverage. Today, newspapers are again demolishing their paywalls for another major event: the 2012 election.

The New York Times, which offered unlimited access to its website from Sunday to Friday last week due to Sandy, announced yesterday that it would suspend its paywall again from 6 p.m. EST on Election Day until 6 p.m.

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