Newsday.com’s Pay Wall Lets In Ex-Cablevision Subs

Newsday Optimum Online

There’s a bit of a hole in the pay wall set up by Newsday, the Long Island newspaper owned by Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) Systems: users with defunct Optimum Online broadband accounts have been able to log in to read the news, too.

In October 2009, Newsday announced that most of the content on its Web site would be available only to customers who receive newspaper home delivery; to Optimum Online subscribers; or via a $5-per-week subscription.

But according to two former Cablevision customers, even Optimum Online user names and passwords from inactive accounts can be used to log into Newsday.com. More on Multichannel.

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