Staci Kramer gets the Newsday story right

via paidcontent.org

Staci Kramer of PaidContent.org has put in perspective why the disclosure of 35 paid subscribers to Newsday.com is not relevant to paid content efforts at other newspapers.

We are already seeing the "anti-paywall" contingent latching on to this bit of information in an attempt to support their position -- Alan Rusbridger of the Guardian gleefully tweeted the 35 subs number almost as soon as it came out. If we are to have a useful discussion about the benefits and the risks of paid content efforts, we need to be willing to understand what's really going on. Staci's article helps.