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Post-Pay Wall, New York Times Sees a Dip In Traffic
- redthrowaway 16y agoThe more interesting metric here would be signup. Is the NYT making more money with the paywall than without? Admittedly, it will take some time before any stats are meaningful, but I'd like to see whether the paywall is actually solving NYT's problems, and not some vaguely-related metrics. I remain skeptical that paywalls are a workable long-term solution for the problems paper journalism faces, but I'd like to see some evidence one way or t'other before making a decision.
- StavrosK 16y agoExactly. The article doesn't even mention revenues, and I think that that's the most important metric here. After all, why would the paper care about declining views if revenues were up?
- DiabloD3 16y agoThis doesn't surprise me. I quit linking or passing on NYT links once they basically banned everyone from reading. I'm not saying I have a huge following, but theres also a million people like me out there.
- sdfx 16y agoThis dip was expected and isn't necessary a problem as long as the "positive effects" outnumber the negative ones. By a move like this, you'll lose visitors and attention because your stories potentially aren't referenced as much anymore, but you might make it up in additional revenue and a more dedicated readership.
- TamDenholm 16y agoI hate to be a troll but when i read this headline, all i can think in my head is "Gee thanks captain obvious!"