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The NY Times new online subscription policy

"Roger"

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In another thread, I mentioned that the NY Times is going to start charging for online access (that includes for smartphones and the IPad). I admit to having some sympathy. Without generating more funds, a shrinkage of their coverage seems inevitable. The times covers many areas that other news sources do not. At the same time, with all the other online news sources, this is obviously a very risky move. (According to an NPR story, they won't need a huge amount of the current readership to be willing to pay. Even one percent will generate substantial income. But even that low a percentage might be hard to come by.)

In any case, in a very frank article, the Times admits that they themselves are moving into this with some trepidation (and lots of internal debate).

Go here to see the article (free for now). (Actually under the new policy, you will still be able to access twenty articles per month for free.)

Personal comment: One thing that I appreciate about the Times is that it is one of the very few papers world wide that has full time, trained science writers. (Actually, the Guardian is the only other paper that I know for sure also has a science staff.) Most papers cover science stories with people with degrees in journalism. It often shows.
 

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Thanks for posting this. I love the NYTimes and I would subscribe if it is reasonable. I got tired of getting so many papers. Now all of the papers that I subscribe to have shrunk so much, I could probably add them back.

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NY Times & Kindle

I love the N Y Times. No one writes as well or with the debth as the gray old lady. I subscribe on my Kindle and it arrives every morning at 3 a.m.
Happily, the N Y Times sent me an email recently that advised me that my subscription through Kindle entitles me to access their service on my computer. I would subscribe at whatever price they charged - but don't tell them or they might raise my rates.
 
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