he final document of the Toronto Star announcing Paywall
The final document of the Toronto Star announcing Paywall Electronics The Toronto Star announced they will be launching a subscription model(aka paywall) to their website in the coming weeks. It is in the wake of their competitor, The Globe & Mail deploy the same thing last week to mixed reviews. All details, such as how to register and what the rest of the content will be free, will be available soon. But for now, the readers comments dozen odd show an obvious lack of enthusiasm for the plan. Some examples: "I pay for television and internet, I do not pay more ..." "Nickel and diming the never stops ... it will turn against all the newspapers ... " " You begin to take charge of what was already open and Ill take my new addition. Not a threat, just the facts. " There were some positive comments, too. A reader says: " I have no qualms about paying for quality journalism. Do not expect that the work product, research, reporting, writing, editing...