Paywall trial may face headwinds

CAIXIN MEDIA CO LTD, a Chinese financial media company, announced on Monday that it will introduce a paywall model to protect its digital content from copyright violations. Southern Metropolis Daily commented on Wednesday:

Caixin's seemingly aggressive move to build a paywall has not come out of the blue. Unlike many of its domestic rivals, the financial media company has always been a bulwark against copyright infringements by exposing them on a regular basis.

It may be just a matter of time before it decides to make its digital content available only via paid subscription.