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That’s, a lot of people who come on this show talk about their paywall or subscription strategy. — Eric Johnson, Recode, "It may be ‘data journalism,’ but Julia Angwin’s new site the Markup is nothing like FiveThirtyEight," 27 Sep. 2018 So science, overall, is becoming more open and accessible, despite journals’ continued reliance on paywalls. — Brian Resnick, Vox, "Europe has a plan to force academic publishers to make research free to read," 24 Sep. 2018 So, thus came in the idea of a subscription and paywall. — Eric Johnson, Recode, "How Netflix outsmarted everyone else in TV," 23 Aug. 2018 Although the paywall still existed, YouTube explored releasing many of these series for free to all YouTube users. — Julia Alexander, The Verge, "YouTube Premium is changing because it has to," 29 Nov. 2018 Indeed, most of the world’s scientific knowledge is still locked behind expensive paywalls. — Brian Resnick, Vox, "Europe has a plan to force academic publishers to make research free to read," 24 Sep. 2018 The failure of celebrity apps is one of failing to put the cat back in the bag, or the pore-minimizing secrets behind the paywall. — Kaitlyn Tiffany, Vox, "The Kardashian-Jenner clan are shutting down all of their subscription-based apps, effectively ending an era.," 20 Dec. 2018 This has been a challenging period for most major publishers, which are facing declining circulation and stiff competition for ad dollars, while new initiatives—from subscription paywalls and TV licensing to online video—haven’t grown fast enough. — Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg, WSJ, "Condé Nast CEO Bob Sauerberg to Step Down," 27 Nov. 2018 Now, a coalition of scientific funding agencies in Europe finally wants to tear these paywalls down. — Brian Resnick, Vox, "Europe has a plan to force academic publishers to make research free to read," 24 Sep. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'paywall.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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