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Jeff Campbell
03-05-2010, 07:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.businessinsider.com/washington-post-rolls-out-199-iphone-app-2010-3?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider+(Silicon+Alley+Insider)' target='_blank'>http://www.businessinsider.com/wash...+Alley+Insider)</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"The Washington Post, which has stated it doesn't plan to build a New York Times-like paywall, is opening up another source of revenue: A paid iPhone app."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/at/auto/1267664052.usr105634.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #d2d2bb;" /></p><p>The app sells for <a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=VoxLcfp5Si4&amp;subid=&amp;offerid=177776.1&amp;type=10&amp;tmpid=3909&amp;RD_PARM1=http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wash-post/id352509417?mt=8" target="_blank">$1.99 USD and is in the iTunes Store</a>&nbsp;now. For the price you get a year of <em>"customized access and offline reading."</em>&nbsp;With the slump in newspaper sales, I would imagine more are going to come up with something like this to generate revenue.&nbsp;</p>