Is a newsroom’s only goal with a paywall to turn visitors into subscribers? Or do news orgs want visitors who hit a paywall and don’t subscribe to still leave with a little more context than a headline alone can offer? That’s a question that is more about mission than data.
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Reader "This headline is awful"
Author "It doesn't fairly represent my article behind the paywall"
I will never know if that is true, will I? I'm never going to subscribe if your clickbait headlines are wrong. 🤦♂️
We are seeing in real time the effects of this, and its scary.