The nonprofit Newswell, based out of Arizona State University, already owns three local news sites in California: Stocktonia, Times of San Diego, and the Santa Barbara News-Press.
The Media Power Collaborative compares local news to public goods like safe roads and public education. Will excluding newspaper chains and hedge fund owners make public funding for local news any easier to achieve?
“We, as a field, need to be able to make coherent, persuasive, rigorous, and empirical arguments for why local news and information is critical to the health and safety of our communities.”
“Reducing the information density of teaser elements on paywalled articles and offering discounts may help newspapers increase their online subscriber numbers.”
Culpepper, Sophie. "Less is more, and discounts work: A new study looks at the minutiae of paywall strategy." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 10 Feb. 2025. Web. 6 Mar. 2025.
APA
Culpepper, S. (2025, Feb. 10). Less is more, and discounts work: A new study looks at the minutiae of paywall strategy. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved March 6, 2025, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/02/less-is-more-and-discounts-work-a-new-study-looks-at-the-minutiae-of-paywall-strategy/
Chicago
Culpepper, Sophie. "Less is more, and discounts work: A new study looks at the minutiae of paywall strategy." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified February 10, 2025. Accessed March 6, 2025. https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/02/less-is-more-and-discounts-work-a-new-study-looks-at-the-minutiae-of-paywall-strategy/.
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