MARY PESKIN | Paid content is one of the biggest debates within the newspaper industry. Rocked by declining print circulation and advertising, disruptive Internet technologies and competition from a variety of new players and industries, the traditional bedrock of American journalism stands at a precipice. Pay-for-content models have surfaced as the hope for saving the industry (or at least holding on) as the economics of the Internet, and the behaviors of its consumers, are evolving. Numerous plans have emerged in recent months, fueled by the momentum of paid content ambitions from publishers, vendors and consultants. Each day brings a new vision and a new discussion.

Results of Extensive Study Provide Positive and Practical Advice for Industry Transformation

RESTON, Va., Sept. 27 -- The American Press Institute (API) today released a report detailing specific ways for newspapers to reverse the course of declining revenues and shrinking readership and to envisage new and profitable business models. The solutions-based report is the result of API's year-long research project, "Newspaper Next: The Transformation Project," a collaborative effort to develop practical, market-tested tools and processes for achieving long-term industry survival and growth through innovation.

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