Slate learned what other on-line publications assumed: most people expect the Internet to be free.

Few reporters file articles to the on-line publication, though some will answer queries from its editors.

Other on-line publications are also beginning to move in that direction.

Barrett recalled the origins of his on-line publication in a 2008 interview:

He continues to write fitness-related articles for an on-line publication.

In the past year departments have found savings of at least £0.5million by, for example, moving to on-line publications.

The bride, 30, is the executive editor of The Street.com, an on-line financial publication.

But one of the school's newest courses - new media, an intensive study of on-line publications - changed her plans.

Even reading his company's on-line publication became an excruciating test of patience.

The idea of on-line publication grew out of a major revision to the dictionary that has been under way since the early 1990's.