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Will you pay to read the NYT online? (NYT TO CHARGE $49.95 FOR COLUMNISTS, ETC., STARTING MON.)
The New York Times ^
| 9/17/05
| Leonard M. Apcar
Posted on 09/17/2005 3:23:28 PM PDT by paulat
Letter From the Editor
On Monday, Sept. 19, NYTimes.com will launch a new subscription service, TimesSelect, an important step in the development of The New York Times.
Subscribers to TimesSelect will have exclusive online access to many of our most influential columnists in Op-Ed, Business, New York/Region and Sports. In addition to reading the columns, TimesSelect subscribers can also engage with our columnists through video interviews and Web-only postings.
All of our news, features, editorials and analysis will remain free to readers of NYTimes.com, as will our interactive graphics, multimedia and popular video minutes. [snip]
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: delusionsofgrandeur; hahaha; lol; lolol; nyt; rofl; rotflmao
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Will you pay $49.95 a year to read MoDo, Friedman and Rich? Just asking....seems like a pretty silly business decision to me. Columnists live by word-of-mouth...besides...(for the guys) we're gonna lose all those Catherine Zeta-Jones pics... ;)
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posted on
09/17/2005 3:23:29 PM PDT
by
paulat
To: paulat
I will be facinated to see how this works out for them.
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posted on
09/17/2005 3:24:21 PM PDT
by
Bahbah
To: paulat
Hahahahahahahaha....
This IS a joke, right?
To: paulat
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posted on
09/17/2005 3:26:35 PM PDT
by
Right Wing Assault
("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
To: paulat
Will you pay $49.95 a year to read MoDo, Friedman and Rich? No, but I'll bet every Democrat congresscritter gets a taxpayer provided subscription.
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posted on
09/17/2005 3:27:21 PM PDT
by
digger48
To: paulat
OMG!!! They're going to take away my access to Paul Krugman? I cannot bear the thought!
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posted on
09/17/2005 3:28:04 PM PDT
by
CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC
(The heart of the wise man inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left. - Eccl. 10:2)
To: paulat
I wont even sign-up to read the news online for free so No.
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posted on
09/17/2005 3:28:05 PM PDT
by
CONSERVE
To: paulat
I wouldn't read those slugs if they paid me the 49.95.
To: paulat
When you-know-where freezes over.
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posted on
09/17/2005 3:28:07 PM PDT
by
MizSterious
(Now, if only we could convince them all to put on their bomb-vests and meet in Mecca...)
To: paulat
I would not wipe my dog with the NY Slimes.
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posted on
09/17/2005 3:28:17 PM PDT
by
new yorker 77
(FAKE POLLS DO NOT TRANSLATE INTO REAL VOTERS!)
To: paulat
Subscribers to TimesSelect will have exclusive online access to many of our most influential columnists...Like Maureen Dowd? I'll pass, thanks anyway.
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posted on
09/17/2005 3:29:09 PM PDT
by
Jean S
To: paulat
I would not pay that if it included a free steak dinner.
Are they doing this because they are strapped for cash? I believe their subscription numbers are falling?
OR
Are they doing it because they are tired of being caught in lies by everyday Internet viewers, bloggers and professional writers alike?
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posted on
09/17/2005 3:29:20 PM PDT
by
msnimje
(Cogito Ergo Sum Republican)
To: FinallyBackInNH
Well, now for trying to find a way to create cyber-toilet paper.
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posted on
09/17/2005 3:30:16 PM PDT
by
Arthur Wildfire! March
(Don't kick yourself for not giving more to charity: mug the tax payer, you silly schmuck. /sarcasm)
To: paulat
I only regret that now we won't be able to post MoDo's columns here, there will be fewer Catherine Zeta Jones pictures on FR from now on.
Regards, Ivan
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posted on
09/17/2005 3:30:25 PM PDT
by
MadIvan
(You underestimate the power of the Dark Side - http://www.sithorder.com/)
Comment #15 Removed by Moderator
To: paulat
LOL...if you want to know what the NYT thinks, read the WaPo, LATimes or watch any of the alphabet nets FREE.
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posted on
09/17/2005 3:31:07 PM PDT
by
WestTexasWend
("I refuse to comment on this post until I know what Ted Kennedy Drinks.")
To: MizSterious
When you-know-where freezes over. You mean Congressman William Jefferson's freezer where he kept his stash o'cash?
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posted on
09/17/2005 3:31:35 PM PDT
by
jigsaw
(God Bless Our Troops.)
To: paulat
I do not read them now.
If they are willing to pay me to read their sometimes vitriolic BS, I might consider it.
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posted on
09/17/2005 3:31:44 PM PDT
by
Radix
(I survived Katrina, but my Tag Line was seriously damaged.)
Comment #19 Removed by Moderator
To: msnimje; goldstategop
"Are they doing it because they are tired of being caught in lies by everyday Internet viewers, bloggers and professional writers alike?"
Excellent question
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posted on
09/17/2005 3:32:25 PM PDT
by
Arthur Wildfire! March
(Don't kick yourself for not giving more to charity: mug the tax payer, you silly schmuck. /sarcasm)
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