Newsday Web traffic down 21% since paywall was built
(News Cycle) Nielsen data shows that Newsday.com drew 1.7 million unique visitors in November, well below the 2.1 million total for October. Page views were down to 18.6 million in November, which is a 34 percent drop from the previous month.
The year-to-year comparison showed a 43 percent decline in unique visitors in November.
Newsday is the first major newspaper in the United States to construct such a pay wall charging $5 a week for unlimited access to its site. The charge equals a weekly subscription for the paper. Newsday print subscribers and Optimum customers have total free access to the website.
via News Cycle: Newsday Web Traffic Down 21 Percent Since Paywall Was Built.
