The Old Reader To Close Public Site In Two Weeks (Unless It Doesn't)

Posted by timothy on Tuesday July 30, 2013 @02:46AM from the old-ways-is-best-ways dept.

An anonymous reader writes "When Google first announced Google Reader would be shut down, the news kick-started a very competitive race to create the best alternative. At least one service, however, did not welcome the change, and is now planning to close up shop next month: The Old Reader. In fact, if you navigate to the service's homepage now, you'll be greeted by this sad message: "Unfortunately we had to disable user registration at The Old Reader." In two weeks, the public site will be shut down and a private one, available to a select few (accounts will be migrated automatically), will take its place." An update on the story says "We have received a number of proposals that we are discussing right now. Chances are high that public The Old Reader will live after all," so a reprieve may be possible.

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Re:Opportunities by Anonymous Coward · 2013-07-30 05:19 · Score: 0, Redundant

Better yet:
$ whois thenewoldreader.com
Whois Server Version 2.0
Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered
with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net
for detailed information.
No match for "THENEWOLDREADER.COM".
>>> Last update of whois database: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 17:17:43 UTC