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NYTimes Unveils Online Subscription Plan

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the because-they-can dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The NYTimes announces their three pricing tiers for digital access. An interesting note: 'Readers who come to Times articles through links from search, blogs and social media like Facebook and Twitter will be able to read those articles, even if they have reached their monthly reading limit. For some search engines, users will have a daily limit of free links to Times articles.'"

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  1. why would I pay for news? by Skarecrow77 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm confused. Why would I ever want to pay for news?

    I've got free news from: cnn.com, msnbc.com, foxnews.com, bbc.uk, new radio, various news apps on my smartphone, and tens of thousands of idiotic commentary available to me across the web.

    What has NYT got that I can't get elsewhere for free?

    1. Re:why would I pay for news? by empiricistrob · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Why would you pay for news? Perhaps because you value journalism? Because high quality journalism is essential for a well functioning democracy? Because you don't want to read news where 50% of the headlines are about Lindsay Lohan or "human interest stories"?

  2. Expensive by empiricistrob · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm very conflicted by this move from the times. In my opinion nytimes.com is one of the best sources of journalism on the web, and I've always been concerned that in the long run their business model wouldn't be sustainable. I think that paying money to support good journalism makes a lot of sense -- it's too important not to.

    But $15/mo for the entry level? That's really disappointing. There are many readers that will not be able to afford this. I was hoping the entry level would be closer to the $5/mo mark.

  3. Increased productivity by coldsalmon · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is a great way to get me to stop reading the NYT at work. Now, if only Slashdot would do the same thing I might actually get some work done.