It's official
This is the last year of the free online New York Times.
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Comments (6)
Oh well, I'm tired of reading about how wonderful Portland is anyway. The BBC on line has more news about the good old US of A anyway.
Posted by phil | January 20, 2010 7:43 AM
The interesting thing is that they tried it before. They charged $15/yr for awhile. Shortly after I relented and ponied up, they went free.
Posted by Sue Hagmeier | January 20, 2010 10:00 AM
For dead or soon-to-die links have you heard of this:
WebCite
http://www.webcitation.org/
Posted by pdxnag | January 20, 2010 10:45 AM
Should read:
This is the last year of the ... New York Times.
Posted by none | January 20, 2010 12:01 PM
For those of you with the Iphone NYTimes app, remember not to update it come the end of this year. As that is likely when they will switch to making you pay.
Posted by Justin | January 20, 2010 1:01 PM
Naturally, everyone in print journalism is watching this. If it succeeds, then expect every other paper in the country to move to this model. Then watch them all implode. The Times and the Wall Street Journal can justify charging for content just because of their reach and their targeted demographic. (Note that I said "justify", because I didn't want to be cruel with saying "rationalize".) Anyone thinking, though, that anyone with more than three brain cells would be willing to pay for access to the Oregonian or the Dallas Morning News, considering the awful content in both, has been freebasing far too much Preparation H.
Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | January 20, 2010 3:35 PM