Fidler supports Tribune's paid content model

"Tribune follows trend in circulation," Columbia Tribune, May 3, 2012.

Charging readers for online content has boosted newspaper circulation numbers across the country and at the Tribune.

Overall weekday circulation among the country's top daily papers is up by 0.68 percent and circulation of Sunday editions has risen 5 percent, according to information released by the Audit Bureau of Circulations earlier this week.

Mentioned later in the article is Program Director for Digital Publishing Roger Fidler:

"No doubt, digital is where the opportunities lie," said Roger Fidler, program director for digital publishing at the Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri. "Getting away from completely free access to digital content has been a very important move."

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