Posts Tagged ‘April Fool’s Day’

Reverse Pay Wall from Digg? April Fool!

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Paywalls were a popular April Fool’s Day subject, as Digg followed up the paywall that exclusively targeted employees of The New York Times and Winnipeg residents, “announced” earlier Friday by The Huffington Post Media Group president and editor-in-chief Arianna Huffington, with its own take on the concept: the reverse paywall.

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Well Done, Arianna, and Happy April Fool’s Day to You, Too!

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The Huffington Post Media Group announced Friday that it became the latest online news source to implement a paywall — a very, very selective paywall, applying only to employees of The New York Times and residents of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Improbable? Naturally: Check your calendar.

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