Just days after The New York Times paywall went live, media executives gathered at the 12th International Symposium on Online Journalism to discuss the merits and challenges of charging for newspaper content in an environment where readers are used to accessing online news for free.

The panel, “Paywalls: Charging for News Content. Does it Work?,” opened ISOJ with presentations from Jim Gerber, director of content partnerships for Google; Mark Medici, director of audience development for the Dallas Morning News; Jorge Meléndez, new media director for Grupo Reforma in Mexico; and Eivind Thomsen of the Schibsted Media Group in Norway.

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