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Austin Gardner-Smith

Feeding the Meter(ed) Model: Journalism Online’s Press+ Finally Appears in the Wild

Another installment in the paid content drama began to unfold today with the first release of a metered model deployed using Press+, the consumer face of Journalism Online. Though the first installation of Press+ is news in and of itself, there’s another aspect of the model that’s unique. Lancaster Online, the publication to roll out the system, chose to meter only a specific section of its content: the obituaries. Starting this morning, those who wish to view more than seven obituaries a month will have to pay. Or die trying.

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