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head explodes -- (link)

Posted by znufrii Mar 17 '11, 07:43

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NYTimes beginning to roll out its digital subscription model. 20 articles a month free, plus free reading of articles linked elsewhere. Rates start at $15 per 4 weeks for anything above that. (www.nytimes.com)

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Didn't they already try a pay model for some stuff, a few years back? Not a good idea imo. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 17, 08:02 5
- yeah, that was a premium content model. crashed and burned. -- nm - znufrii Mar 17, 08:09
- I think they've tried it more than once. -- nm - loosilu Mar 17, 08:08
- What alternative would you suggest, when it's turning out that "eyeballs" alone can't sustain the institution? -- nm - con_Blarney Mar 17, 08:06 2
  - Not sure. Glad I'm not a newspaper publisher though. ;) -- nm - Don Homer Mar 17, 08:07 1
    - I mean, continued cutting of staff would be a tragic thing, we can agree. *shrug* -- nm - con_Blarney Mar 17, 08:09
Why they got to illegally stick it to you, znu?! -- nm - TFox Mar 17, 07:53
I guess we'll be finding out if links we click on ST count toward that limit? - con_Blarney Mar 17, 07:50
"Readers who come to Times articles through links from search, blogs and social media like Facebook and Twitter will be able to read those articles, - Blinky the Three Eyed Fish Mar 17, 07:46 8
- They want the discussion factor surrounding their articles. The hardest thing about fee-based-viewings is that you drop out of the newscycle. - Name Withheld By Request Mar 17, 07:51 7
  - except there's nothing to stop people from going to google news, and searching for the top news stories and finding the nytimes articles for free... -- nm - znufrii Mar 17, 07:52 6
    - I assume they wouldn't release the content to google news. -- nm - loosilu Mar 17, 07:57 2
      - i dunno. it sounds a lot like the model the financial times uses successfully... - x Mar 17, 08:02
      - There's that, but I assumed google was included in "search, blogs and social media" -- nm - znufrii Mar 17, 08:02
    - No, however that supposes they know what to search for. They'll be unable to browse. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 17, 07:55 2
      - you browse on google to find the news items you're interested in -- nm - znufrii Mar 17, 07:56 1
        
        A lot of general newspaper readers don't target in on the news like that though. They want the paper to tell them what is news-worthy. - Name Withheld By Request Mar 17, 08:11

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