pay-per-read n

. A commercial publishing model in which readers view stories and books online and pay only for what they read. Also: pay per read.
Example Citation:
Lofty hopes for a more literate Internet through the "micropayment" pay-per-read concept will be tested with the debut this week of the new Web publishing venture Bylines.—Art Kramer, "Web zine Byline to test its pay-and-read concept," The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, September 3, 1997
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It is midsummer, 2012 A.D., and the Rolling Stones are rolling once again for a 50th anniversary tour. ...
Rolling Stone magazine (no longer sold on newstands, but serviced to pay-per-read home viewers) dedicated three successive covers to the Stones crisis.—Mitch Potter, "How Keith Richards got the Stones rolling," The Toronto Star, September 1, 1989


pay-per-listen n

. A music feature that requires the user to pay a small fee each time they listen to a song, album, or audio stream. Also: pay per listen.
Example Citation:
Music is "content" that will flow across that cable — content that AT&T hopes people will pay for, perhaps on a pay-per-listen basis just as many people now pay per view.—Patricia Horn, "Music Over the Net Hits a High Note with AT&T," The Buffalo News, March 9, 1999
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It also points to the anomaly of the ban on operators being allowed to carry the Derby and Grand National when the races can be carried by premium telephone information services, such as BT's Turf Call, which are arguably pay-per-listen (and which have to be licensed by the authority).—"Foreign-owned cable is better than no cable, says cable," New Media Markets, July 22, 1987