Why Capital New York’s $6,000 paywall will probably work
January 27, 2014
[Commentary] When Politico’s owner bought Capital New York, the move came as a surprise to many of us, but it could certainly be seen as a concrete assertion of the viability of Politico’s business model, which is hybrid but features aggressively priced premium subscriptions -- paywalls, and expensive ones. Actually, the secret to Capital New York is that it only has to sell 600 or so subscriptions to break even, and it’s probably going to do better than that.
Why Capital New York’s $6,000 paywall will probably work