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Denver online newspaper misses subscription goal

Posted on April 23, 2009
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Anyone still want to argue that regional news sites with a subscription revenue model are viable?

With backing from three entrepreneurs, former staffers of the News said they would launch InDenverTimes.com if they could get 50,000 paying subscribers by Thursday — what would have been the News’ 150th anniversary.

But the site attracted only 3,000 paying subscribers.

[From Denver online newspaper misses subscription goal]

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