Posted Sep 13, 2011, 12:53 PM
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On the heels of the Star-lite facelift, thespec.com flirts with a paywall:
Changes to thespec.com
THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR
Effective today, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011, thespec.com is adopting a metered model.
This means that each spec.com user may view a certain number of content pages in a given month, and upon reaching that limit, will be asked to purchase a monthly subscription for digital access.
To begin with, we are setting that limit at 35, which means that users can view up to that number of articles per month and will then be asked to subscribe.
Users will see advisories pop up during their visits to the site reminding them of how much content they have consumed and how much free content they have left. Traffic tracking tells us this change will impact only a small segment of our web audience, so most users will not be impacted by this change.
Please note we are experimenting to begin with, so the specifics may change over time. We will advise when that happens.
You can e-mail questions and comments to [email protected]
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