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Paywalls Are Hot: Even The Onion Is Testing A Paywall

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Paywalls are hot in the online publishing world. So hot that even The Onion is testing a paywall, according to Paid Content. The "fake news" humor publication is using a metered Model and requiring non-U.S. visitors to pay $2.95 per month or $29.95 per year to access more than five stories in 30 days.An overlay (see our Case Study on overlays used by Dow Jones Local Media) appears when five stories are reached. The Onion is using the Press + solution from R. R. Donnelly to run the paywall."We ar...

 

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