Showing posts with label flemish. Show all posts
Showing posts with label flemish. Show all posts

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Language barrier helps publisher paywalls

Europe is a patchwork of dozens of different languages, and news media now see this as an opportunity. They are banding together to charge for internet access to local-language products.

Dutch and Flemish publishers are the latest in Europe to consider erecting a shared paywall around  content in their languages, Paid Content reports.

The concept is already under way in Slovakia and Slovenia, where Piano Media has gotten media outlets to create a shared-payment system.