From a comment thread on the rebuttal by Ryan Chittum to Howard Owens’s rebuttal of David Simon’s paean to the paywall, Steve Buttry nails it:
Chittum writes: “When it comes to paywalls, the question is settled.” Did I miss the news story about all those non-newspaper sites deciding to erect paywalls?
Can’t direct-link, but it’s Comment #5 here.