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A meter system goes into effect starting Thursday, and users will have to pay $1.99 every four weeks to $77.87 for an entire year of access. What do you think? Take the Patch poll.
The SouthtownStar, Chicago Sun-Times and other Sun-Times Media websites will be requiring users to pay for access starting Thursday. The company announced its new "pay meter" system late Tuesday. This is how the pay meter will work, according to company officials. The Sun-Times is the first downtown daily to charge a fee to view online stories. The northwest suburban Daily Herald implemented a similar system last year. The free community weeklies published by 22nd Century Media in Orland Park, Tinley Park and the Lincoln-Way communities also charge for access to their websites. "We think the time is long overdue for us to begin charging for our content," reads a quote from Sun-Times Media Chairman Jeremy Halbreich in the announcement. "It …
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Russ
12:20 pm on Thursday, December 8, 2011
Patch is a timely replacement for these other loser publications.Thanks Patch!   more ›