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46%

46% -- paywall adoption rate for US daily newspapers with circulation under 25,000 (2011)

2011  · n=1,400  · Nieman Journalism Lab

46% of surveyed US daily newspapers with circulation under 25,000 are already charging for online access.

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46%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2011
Entity
US daily newspapers with circulation under 25,000
Sample Size
1,400
B
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Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
60
Freshness
95
Nieman Journalism Lab Primary Tier B
http://www.editorsweblog.org/2011/05/17/paywalls-at-small-newspapers ↗
Confidence: 56/100 Vintage: 2011 Channel: Common Crawl
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Nieman Journalism Lab · Original study ↗

Survey of almost 1,400 small/mid-size daily US newspapers (77% had circulation under 25,000); share already charging for online access. Data reported via Nieman Journalism Lab.

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US daily newspapers with circulation under 25,000: 46% paywall adoption rate. Source: Nieman Journalism Lab (2011). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/small-newspapers-under-25k-charging-online-2011
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