• Editor & Publisher, Friday, October 23, 2009 9:45 AM

Starting Oct. 28, users will have to pay $5 per week for an online subscription to Newsday, unless they already subscribe to the print paper or are customers of Cablevision's Optimum Online. Cablevision owns Newsday.

Initially, non-subscribers will see only the site's homepage, classifieds, school closings, obituaries, weather and entertainment listings. However, Newsday may modify what's free and what isn't based on user feedback, says Debby Krenek, managing editor.

Newsday officials claim their new paid plan will not affect most local readers, because 75% of homes in the paper's circulation area are either print subscribers or Optimum Online customers. The paper prepared for this change back in July when it began to require online users to register for access.

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