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

Re:Watch that price, NYT

[Darth Sdlavrot]

it's = "it is"; its = possessive. E.g., it's flapping its wings.

I can appreciate that when we wrote with feather quills, bottles of ink, and blotting paper -- a rather laborious process -- any reason for putting less ink on the page was a good one.

You might hear yourself saying "they're", "it's", and "we're" when you are saying "they are","it is", and "we are"; but spoken language != written language.

We are well beyond the need to save ink. When you write, just write "they are", "it is", and "we are" and save the apostrophes for things like "it is Bill's cat." Especially if you can't ever seem to get it right.

Yes, it's off topic. No, it's not a flame. Just a non sequitur response prompted by his sig. Mod me down if you must.

Re:Watch that price, NYT

[InsaneProcessor]

Considireing the crap in the NYT (Yes, I have read other peoples copy), why would you pay anything for it? I would much rather read and watch Glenn Beck, Rachel Maddow, Sean Hannity, Olberman, and so on (although Glenn is a little extremist, he is entertaining if you understand what is really going on). Anyone not paying attention deserves what this government will be doing to them.