Who Will Control the Cost of the NYT On Digital Readers?

RobotRunAmok writes "Ryan Tate, at Gawker, describes the 'heated turf war' waging at the New York Times. The print and digital divisions have differing views over how much a subscription to the Gray Lady (iPad edition) should cost. The print troops believe $20-$30 monthly is the proper price point (fearing that setting the mark any lower will jeopardize print distribution), while the digital soldiers are digging in their heels at $10 a month. The Kindle version is already managed by the Print Army, so don't count on logic necessarily driving any decisions here. It's complicated: the Web version of the paper is still free through 2011, and the computer 'Times Reader' has already been released and priced at $14.95 monthly."

Comments

A place in history.

[Anonymous Coward]

Take the two biggest fucked up States in the Nation (New York and California) and then look at the publications from their cultural capitals (LA and New York) and ask ourselves do we really want to be like either of these groups of idiots, much less listen to what they have to say.

Now answer me this: Exactly how is the New York Times relavent anymore?

As far as the price goes, it will continue to work its way to zero as all media with little worth will. Who cares who controls the price, in the long run in it will not matter.

Re:Business model fundamentally broken

[russotto]

Compare the Huffington Post to the Washington Post.

One's a source of slanted news and shallow analysis which toes the Democratic Party line, and the other's a blog.

Re:Watch that price, NYT

[ColdWetDog]

Glenn Beck is perfectly fine, not extremist. He tries to show what MIGHT happen, not what WILL happen with laws that are proposed.

I would disagree. Glenn Beck shows what DOES happen when you're bitten by a rabid bat and don't get treated in time.