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September 2010, Sports Media
Boston Globe to Keep Most Sports News Free
The Boston Globe next year will split its digital news brands into two distinct websites, keeping Boston.com free while establishing a subscription-only pay site, BostonGlobe.com, which will feature all the content produced by the newspaper’s journalists. Some Globe content, such as breaking news and sports, will remain on Boston.com, but the precise mix has yet to be decided.
The Globe is the latest newspaper to announce or launch a pay system, although its “two brands’’ model appears to be the first of its kind. The Wall Street Journal, which has long charged for its online version, allows readers free access to a limited number of articles but requires a subscription for most content. Gannett Co., the nation’s largest newspaper publisher, is experimenting with online pay systems at its papers in Tallahassee, Fla., Greenville, S.C., and St. George, Utah. To read more, click here.