Nieman Lab·2026-04-01
The nonprofit Salt Lake Tribune is ready to tear down its paywall
After two years of planning, there s finally a date. Well, okay, a month : May. That s when the Salt Lake Tribune, Utah s largest newspaper, will drop its paywall . Starting in May, all newly published stories on sltrib.com and in the app will be free to read — no subscription required, wrote CEO and executive editor Lauren Gustus in a note to subscribers . We ve been telling you about this shift
经过两年的规划，日期终于确定了。好吧，确切地说是一个月份：五月。届时，犹他州最大的报纸《盐湖论坛报》将取消其付费墙。首席执行官兼执行主编劳伦·古斯图斯（Lauren Gustus）在致订阅者的一封信中写道，从五月开始，sltrib.com和应用程序上所有新发布的故事都将免费阅读——无需订阅。我们一直在向您介绍这一转变。