: a system that prevents Internet users from accessing certain Web content without a paid subscription
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Research discussed in the Harvard Business Review (paywall) found that team members at high-trust companies (which likely includes those that create a sense of safety) are 76% more engaged, 50% more productive and 74% less stressed than those at low-trust companies.
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Beth Forester, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
In addition, with much online news coverage placed behind paywalls, public radio and television plays an important role in making quality journalism available to the American public.
—Josh Shepperd, The Conversation, 17 July 2025
Kristen Lopez’s The Film Maven is worth the paywall.
—Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 14 July 2025
Apple used to gate its developer betas behind a $99-per-year developer program paywall.
—ArsTechnica, 23 June 2025
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Beth Forester, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
In addition, with much online news coverage placed behind paywalls, public radio and television plays an important role in making quality journalism available to the American public.
—Josh Shepperd, The Conversation, 17 July 2025
Kristen Lopez’s The Film Maven is worth the paywall.
—Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 14 July 2025
Apple used to gate its developer betas behind a $99-per-year developer program paywall.
—ArsTechnica, 23 June 2025
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“Paywall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paywall. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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paywall
noun
pay·wall
ˈpā-ˌwȯl 
: a system that prevents Internet users from accessing certain Web content without a paid subscription
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