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The Fate of The Free Newspaper

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the it-won't-outlive-heat-death dept.

jm92956n writes "We've all become accustomed to the wide availability of newspapers and other media online, almost all of which is available for free. Today, however, The New York Times (free registration required; how ironic!) is running an article that questions the long term viability of that business model. Interestingly, the Times now has more online readers than print readers. Is the era of free news content about to end?"

2 of 459 comments (clear)

  1. Re:I got news for ya! by sisifo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    OLE!!

  2. Ads by FuturePastNow · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The advertising model looks appealing now, but do we want our future to depend on that single source of revenue? What happens if advertising goes flat? What happens when somebody develops software to filter out advertising - TiVo for the Web?"

    Thanks, AdBlock (and BugMeNot)! This article would have been much more annoying without you.

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