University of Michigan: Paywalls influence newspaper coverage. “A new University of Michigan study found that paywalls influence content coverage, as newspapers, on average, reduced their local news coverage by 5.1% post-paywall. The study’s researchers interpreted this as a strategic shift toward more widely appealing content.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/02/university-of-michigan-paywalls-influence-newspaper-coverage/