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TexasTowelie

(112,417 posts) Sat Mar 21, 2015, 11:12 PM Mar 2015

Goodbye Fort Worth Star-Telegram

It appears that every story that you post requires a subscription. Therefore, you will no longer be able to increase your ad revenue from clicks to the links that I provide to your newspaper.

I might understand charging a fee for the local stories that your newspaper staff covers, but if you are also going to charge for articles that are reported by AP and UPI, then you lost a reader.

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Goodbye Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Original Post) TexasTowelie Mar 2015 OP

Your links are the only thing that take me there. Downwinder Mar 2015 #1

Most of the time the Star-Telegram doesn't have many stories that aren't found on the TexasTowelie Mar 2015 #2

I'll forget the name. Downwinder Mar 2015 #3

Austin fishwrap does the same. hobbit709 Mar 2015 #4

At least the AAS lets people read a couple of paragraphs TexasTowelie Mar 2015 #5

Downwinder

(12,869 posts)

1. Your links are the only thing that take me there.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Mar 21, 2015, 11:38 PM

Mar 2015

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So, that's a pair of us.

TexasTowelie

(112,417 posts)

2. Most of the time the Star-Telegram doesn't have many stories that aren't found on the

Reply to Downwinder (Reply #1)

Sun Mar 22, 2015, 12:27 AM

Mar 2015

Dallas Morning-News or are not available on one of the local TV stations. This might work better in Austin (where the Legislature stories) or Houston markets or if they attracted a devoted blogger corps, but this is Fort Worth where the redneck mentality rules (apologies to my friends in Fort Worth). The fact that every story is going to be hidden behind a paywall means that only subscribers will check their Website which will mean that advertisers will eventually figure out the game and stop placing ads there. I don't believe that the publishers thought this through well.

Downwinder

(12,869 posts)

3. I'll forget the name.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Reply #2)

Sun Mar 22, 2015, 12:38 AM

Mar 2015

The web is their national and international presence and a lot of their state presence. Sad to watch a demise in progress although I'm getting used to it.

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)

4. Austin fishwrap does the same.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sun Mar 22, 2015, 01:46 AM

Mar 2015

TexasTowelie

(112,417 posts)

5. At least the AAS lets people read a couple of paragraphs

Reply to hobbit709 (Reply #4)

Sun Mar 22, 2015, 01:55 AM

Mar 2015

before putting up the paywall. I believe that they only do the paywall on local stories and don't put it on stories from the major press organizations.

The FWST is putting the paywall on all of the articles on their Website, even those not written by their in-house team of writers. I understand the need to have paywalls so that the local writers are paid for their talent, but placing a paywall on articles written by major news services seems ridiculous.

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