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NYTimes.com to Offer Subscription Service
by noteworthy at 7:37 am EDT, May 18, 2005 |
Starting in September, some of the nation's most influential op-ed voices will disappear from the blogosphere, including Tom Friedman, Maureen Dowd, Nicholas Kristof, Paul Krugman, Frank Rich, David Brooks, Bob Herbert, Gretchen Morgenson, and more. The New York Times is not downsizing. All of these authors will still have jobs in September. But online access to their columns will require a $50 annual subscription fee. To entice readers to pay for this content, several extras are being tossed into the offer. Foremost among the extras is access to the archives. "We're happy to see The New York Times acknowledging the importance of subscription-based revenue that we have long seen as a key element," said Todd Larsen of the Wall Street Journal. Will you subscribe? Or will you say goodbye to Tom Friedman? Think of the children! |
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RE: NYTimes.com to Offer Subscription Service
by Decius at 10:04 am EDT, May 18, 2005 |
noteworthy wrote:
] "We're happy to see The New York Times acknowledging the
] importance of subscription-based revenue that we have
] long seen as a key element," said Todd Larsen of the Wall
] Street Journal.
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] Will you subscribe? Or will you say goodbye to Tom Friedman? Goodbye Tom Friedman. Your insights were useful while they lasted. In 6 months no one will be talking about the New York Times. |
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RE: NYTimes.com to Offer Subscription Service
by noteworthy at 10:32 am EDT, May 18, 2005 |
Decius wrote:
] noteworthy wrote:
] ] Will you subscribe? Or will you say goodbye to Tom Friedman?
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] Goodbye Tom Friedman. Your insights were useful while they lasted.
] In 6 months no one will be talking about the New York Times. So much for that whole "Flat World" thesis, eh? Call me confused, but I think this "Premium" Tier is the Way New Hierarchy. |
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RE: NYTimes.com to Offer Subscription Service
by Rattle at 8:08 am EDT, May 19, 2005 |
noteworthy wrote:
] "We're happy to see The New York Times acknowledging the
] importance of subscription-based revenue that we have
] long seen as a key element," said Todd Larsen of the Wall
] Street Journal.
]
] Will you subscribe? Or will you say goodbye to Tom Friedman? Goodbye Tom Friedman. Your insights were useful while they lasted. In 6 months no one will be talking about the New York Times. |
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RE: NYTimes.com to Offer Subscription Service
by noteworthy at 2:20 pm EDT, May 21, 2005 |
Rattle wrote:
] In 6 months no one will be talking about the New York Times. Just so we're clear: nytimes.com is not adopting the WSJ model. Only the op-ed columnists are moving into the walled garden. Access to the rest of the web site will remain as it is today, with articles freely available for at least 7 days. |
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RE: NYTimes.com to Offer Subscription Service
by Rattle at 5:36 pm EDT, May 22, 2005 |
noteworthy wrote:
] Just so we're clear: nytimes.com is not adopting the WSJ
] model. Only the op-ed columnists are moving into the walled
] garden. Access to the rest of the web site will remain as it
] is today, with articles freely available for at least 7 days. So everything from the NYT that's already available through Yahoo and other sources will still be available. The only origional content that's not available in some slightly different form from other news outlets is being locked behind a wall. Same difference. |
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