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Marco Arment's Digital Magazine And The Paywall Vs. Sharing Problem

Posted at 10:57PM Monday 25 Feb 2013

Marco Arment softened the paywall around his iPad-only magazine because his content was not benefiting from the social-sharing effect that the web enables — a microcosm of the dilemma that many other publishers are also facing.

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