Mediagazer: First post-paywall figures reveal slump in Sun website market share (Gavriel Hollander/Press Gazette)

3:35 PM ET, August 13, 2013

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Gavriel Hollander / Press Gazette:

First post-paywall figures reveal slump in Sun website market share — The Sun's website lost more than a third of its market share of internet visitors in the first ten days following its move behind a paywall, new research suggests. — In the first indication of reader behaviour since …

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