An anonymous source has told the Washington Post that the Washington Post will probably install a paywall:
The Washington Post will probably start charging online readers for access to newspaper articles in the middle of next year, a person familiar with the plans said.
Washington Post reportedly considering adding a paywall in 2013, Washington Post
The story that anonymous sources say that the
Washington Post will probably install a paywall was first reported in the
Wall Street Journal:
The Washington Post, one of the last holdouts against the trend of charging readers for online access to newspaper articles, is likely to reverse that decision in 2013, according to people familiar with the matter.
Washington Post Plans a Paywall, Wall Street Journal
The
Journal meets the two source rule for reporting from anonymous sources ("people familar with the matter"). The
Post does not ("a person familiar with the plans"). Apparently, the
Journal has developed a better source network inside the
Post, than the
Post has.
I think the plan sucks.
The Post is nice for keeping up with all the anonymous source posturings on the issues of the day.
But I wouldn't want to have to pay for that kind of shit.