NY Times takes steps to dramatically reduce readership

May 17, 2005 in: unsorted|Jump To Comments

Oh well, I did enjoy reading Friedman and Krugman. No way in hell I would pay $50/year for the right to do so however, especially when so many other strong and interesting voices are gaining visibility every day.

I agree with this prediction from Steve Outing:

“I’m reminded of the Los Angeles Times’ website putting a paid subscription wall in front of Calendar Live, the entertainment area of LATimes.com, in 2003. That site just went free a week ago. I’ll go out on a limb and predict a similar path for NYT columnists within the next year or two.”

[links all courtesy of GMSV, which is exponetially more user friendly and linkable now that it’s become a real blog]

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