eBay Founder's New Hawaii Online News Site Includes a Paywall, with a Twist
EBay founder Pierre Omidyar’s new Hawaii-based online news and community site, Honolulu Civil Beat, went live today—and it has a paywall, but not just any old paywall.
Some of the content is free. And anyone can read the comments. But if you want to participate in the discussions, you gotta pay. Price tag: $19.99 per month, with a 15-day trial at $0.99 (probably designed simply to get your credit card on file so they can start auto-charging at the end of the trial).
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