{"id":740548,"date":"2013-03-05T13:05:19","date_gmt":"2013-03-05T18:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paidcontent.org\/?p=225508"},"modified":"2013-03-05T13:05:19","modified_gmt":"2013-03-05T18:05:19","slug":"press-publishers-are-charging-more-for-digital-content-and-offering-less-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/740548","title":{"rendered":"Press+: Publishers are charging more for digital content and offering less free"},"content":{"rendered":"

RR Donnelley’s Press+, which helps more than 400 publishers offer metered paywalls and manage digital subscriptions, says its clients are charging more for monthly subscriptions while offering fewer articles for free.<\/p>

“What we’re seeing\u00a0is a tide sweeping through the industry of publishers lowering their meters and moving to prices that reflect the true value of their content,” Press+ cofounder Gordon Crovitz said in a statement.<\/p>

Data from the company’s publishers shows that the average price of a monthly subscription was $9.26 in January 2013 — up five percent from July 2012 and 40 percent from July 2011:<\/p>

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In addition, Press+ says its clients are lowering their meters. On average, they offer 10 free articles per month, down from 11 last September<\/a>\u00a0and 13 at the beginning of 2012.<\/p>

It’s worth noting that Press+ works with a lot of large newspapers. Pricing is likely to vary at smaller organizations and on blogs like Andrew Sullivan’s Dish (which runs its metered paywall through TinyPass<\/a>), but it will be interesting to watch whether the trend of upward pricing and fewer free articles occurs across sites.<\/p>

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