"Haaretz" puts Hebrew website behind paywall
"Haaretz" will become the first Hebrew
newspaper to charge a subscription for its website. Last year
"Haaretz" put its English language website behind a pay-wall. The
subscription for the Hebrew edition will cost NIS 39.90 per month or NIS 399
per year. Non-subscribers will be able to read ten articles a month for free.
Subscribers of the print edition will have free access to the website, and
subscribers of the Friday edition only will be eligible for a 50% discount for
the online edition.
In a letter to readers, "Haaretz" publisher
Amos Schocken said, "This is a change in the relationship between Haaretz
and the readers of its digital editions." He added, "Israelis who
have paid for digital content until now did so mainly for major international
sites, for music, television series, or smartphone apps. Haaretz is the first
Israeli newspaper joining this global trend of charging for full access to
content on its digital platform."
Schocken added, "The production of digital content
is not cheap, and it will only survive if there is financial
compensation."
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