'What Am I Paying For?'

There’s been no shortage of reaction to The New York Times’ digital subscription plan. Here’s what three media executives that have direct experience with paywalls had to say about it:
 
Gordon Crovitz, co-founder of Journalism Online: A metered approach is a much better approach than an old-fashioned paywall. But the data we have shows that it’s better to charge print subscribers a modest amount than make the Web free. It can undermine the value of digital.

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