Emap Middle East Business Site Meed.com Improves Paywall Technology

Meed magazine

Update: While it does have new paywall technology and a relaunched site, MEED.com has charged for online access for some years as a commenter and others point out.

Original: Last week we heard Emap CEO David Gilbertson say that if B2B news sites give readers information that isn’t just interesting, but useful, they’ll succeed in charging for it. And it seems the company practices what he preaches as Middle East business mag Meed relaunches Meed.com with a new paid-for model “new paywall technology”.

A tweet from Abacus eMedia — the CMS and web development firm which is leading a long-running relaunch project across Emap — confirms the relaunch, but both Dubai-based Meed and Emap in London were unavailable to comment on Thursday.

Gilbertson told the AOP Summit last week that if B2B sites “have real sustainable uniqueness of content, then you have the basis of a chargeable environment”. And that’s a pretty good template for Meed.com’s five reasons why subscribers should cough up, including: “Learn not just what is happening in the Middle East

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