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The New York Times announced yesterday that it would offer a new subscription-based service on its Web site, charging users an annual fee to read its Op-Ed and news columnists, as the newspaper seeks ways to capitalize on the site's popularity. So what are the bloggers saying?

NYT: We Don't Want People to Read Our Op-Ed Columnists
Posted by Ernest Miller
At least that seems to be the strategy. According to MarketWatch (NYT.com to charge for Op-Ed, other content as of Sept):

The New York Times Co. (NYT) on Monday said that, starting in September, access to Op-Ed and certain of its top news columnists on the paper's NYTimes.com Web site will only be available through a fee of $49.95 a year. The service, known as TimesSelect, will also allow access to The Times's online archives, early access to select articles on the site, and other features. Home-delivery subscribers will automatically receive the service, the NYT said.

What are they thinking? Is Maureen Dowd, Tom Friedman, Paul Krugman and the rest worth $49.95/year? The easy is answer is: nope. I don't even think they'll be missed all that much. I'd say more, but others have made the most important points.

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Posted on 5/17/2005 ( Permanent Link )

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Comments (4 total)

		plaxiv Did you see what Richard Bradley wrote? How wonderfully ironic that, just as the Times is running a series on class in America, it's introducing a measure that will profoundly divide readership by class. No one thinks that content is free anymore, of course. (No one except us bloggers.) But $50 a year to read Maureen Dowd online? Posted on 5/17/2005. ( Permanent Link )

		bulldog The blog-o-sphere is having a field day! I love it! Seems nobody wants to pay for this.... Posted on 5/17/2005. ( Permanent Link )

		plaxiv Well Arianna Huffington-Puffington's bloggers are going ape, that's for sure.... Posted on 5/17/2005. ( Permanent Link )

		zfreud I love this service. It's like having a digital assistant go through the paper with scissors removing stuff that is a waste of your time anyway. Posted on 5/17/2005. ( Permanent Link )

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