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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."
I think they mean "record" as in "silly, pompous, official organ of the establishment's conventional wisdom and the status quo". And: Did you get a whiff of the latest stink of scandal from the "All the news that's fit to print" outfit today? Yet another NYT plagiarism scandal.
"If you want to know what happens to you when you die, go look at some dead stuff."
>>>Today newspapers should be about the insightful commentary, bringing together of sources and unique investigative journalism.
I consider folks like Glenn Beck, Rachel Maddow, Sean Hannity, Olberman, and so on to be filling those roles...... and they are available free-of-charge via AM radio or Cable tv. It's one of the reasons I don't buy the paper - why pay for stuff I can get free via my audio or video?
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
If you truly want anything decent, I'd rely the education of others.