According to the publisher of Canada’s National Toronto Newspaper, the Globe and Mail will now try to make its readers to pay to read its on-line content – a trend established by the New York Times last year with limited success.Phillip Crawley told his assembled troops on Thursday that the paper “will implement a metered paywall system this fall, asking readers to pay if they read more than a certain number articles each month.”
Mr. Crawley’s announcement was greeted with hoots of derision by the Globe’s readers in the resulting story’s comments section, with the principal themes beyond general hilarity being “so long Globe, it was fun while it lasted,” and “I’ve read the New York Times and you’re no New . . . → Read More: David Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: A leaky paywall won’t keep the Globe and Mail afloat
