NYT (Finally) Ditches Pay Firewall for Content
An AP newswire article by Seth Sutel, via SFGate.com, reports that:
The New York Times is scrapping a two-year-old program to charge fees for access to parts of its Web site, including op-ed columnists and archives dating back to 1987.More here.
As of midnight Tuesday, the Times will discontinue its TimesSelect feature, which cost $49.95 per year or $7.95 by the month. Home delivery subscribers were able to sign up for free.
The Times announced the decision late Monday after a story about it appeared on the paper's Web site.
The move reflects a growing shift in thinking in the media industry, where it had once been thought that charging for access to some or all of a Web site was the best strategy for making money.
posted by Fergie @ 9/17/2007 05:43:00 PM
1 Comments:
it's about time they ditched the firewall for past archived content, they make enough money from company advertisements so why charge for content
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