: a system that prevents Internet users from accessing certain web content without a paid subscription
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Peacock is additive to the Sunday night window, whereas locking TNF behind a paywall has helped boost share among adults 18-34 at the expense of a more robust crowd of fans 50 and up.
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 21 Nov. 2025
And more of the internet is now hidden behind paywalls or tucked in conversations with AI chatbots.
—Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 16 Nov. 2025
Major League Soccer games will reportedly now be available without an additional paywall.
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2025
Apple is getting rid of the Major League Soccer paywall, bringing every MLS game to its core Apple TV service beginning next season.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 13 Nov. 2025
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 21 Nov. 2025
And more of the internet is now hidden behind paywalls or tucked in conversations with AI chatbots.
—Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 16 Nov. 2025
Major League Soccer games will reportedly now be available without an additional paywall.
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2025
Apple is getting rid of the Major League Soccer paywall, bringing every MLS game to its core Apple TV service beginning next season.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 13 Nov. 2025
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“Paywall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paywall. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.
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paywall
noun
pay·wall
ˈpā-ˌwȯl 
: a system that prevents Internet users from accessing certain Web content without a paid subscription
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