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"The Washington Post may join the slew of newspapers implementing paywalls for content, the Wall Street Journal reports. \nCiting unnamed sources, the Journal says the Post is \"considering\" the option, adding that it is also looking into increasing the paper's newsstand price. \nThe New York Times successfully began a \"metered\" paywall system \u2014 customers are allowed a certain number of free articles before being prompted to subscribe for content \u2014 two years ago, after which several newspapers looking for ways to increase revenue have followed suit. The Journal reports its sources hinted that the The Washington Post would also implement such a metered system. \nThe change will take place no earlier than next summer, sources added. \nThe Post is also seeing other changes, including the replacement of executive editor Marcus Brauchli with The Boston Globe's Marty Baron in January. The Washington, D.C., newspaper has seen steep losses lately, with its newspaper division reporting a 14% decline in revenue in just the last year. \nThe Newsweek Daily Beast Co. has also announced its consideration of paywall implementation for content on The Daily Beast website. They are also debating a move to metered access, company spokesman Andrew Kirk tells Bloomberg. \nThe Daily Beast, which merged with Newsweek in 2010, recently announced the end to the print version of the 80-year-old magazine. Newsweek will be reintroduced next year as a paid-subscriber online publication to capitalize on its tablet readership. Bloomberg speculates that Newsweek\u2019s shift to a subscription model may have pushed the decision for paywalls on The Daily Beast. \nCurrently, more than one-fifth of U.S. newspapers require a paying subscription for full digital access, twice the number that did a year ago. \nWhat do you think about the growing trend in paywalls for content? Would you subscribe to either site? Share in the comments below. \nImage courtesy of iStockphoto, fotosipsak."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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