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Get ready to pay for pnj.com

   December 8, 2011


Executive Editor Dick Schneider (pictured in his Deal Chicken suit) has already paved the way for the daily newspaper to charge for its websites with his “Investigative reporting costs money” column.

The Gannett Blog reports that Gannett CEO Gracia Martore told Wall Street stock analysts yesterday that Gannett, who owns Bella Magazine, GOPensacola.com and News Journal, plans to extend a paywall across more newspapers early next year, giving readers only limited free access to content.

The question for the Jefferson Street bunker is how many photos of bikini contests are you willing to pay for?

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Meanwhile, this blog will log its one-millionth visitor for the year today. Like our newspaper, our websites will remain free…and without any BP ads.

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