One of America's largest newspaper publisher, MediaNews Group, has come up with an intriguing cost-saving plan.
Three of its daily titles will stop publishing in print on Mondays later this month and take down paywalls on that day to enable readers to access their content online.
The initiative is being tried at three California papers - The Reporter (Vacaville), Times-Herald (Vallejo) and Times-Standard (Eureka).
In addition, three other titles in the state - the Oakland Tribune, The Argus (Fremont) and Daily Review (Hayward) - will no longer be delivered to homes on Mondays.
But paywalls - using the metered model - will remain in place on other days of the week.
John Paton, who became MediaNews Group chief executive in September, says he is still monitoring the company's paywall "experiment" and has not yet decided whether they will stay in place.
MediaNews Group owns 56 daily newspapers in 12 states.
Sources: paidContent/Times-Standard
