Saturday, March 19, 2011

New York Times to Launch Pay Wall March 28

The Wall Street Journal
March 18, 2011
By Russell Adams


One theme of this blog seems to be the decline of the newspaper industry.  Following up on some previous posts, the New York Times will finally be charging consumers to pay for digital news later this month.  Subscribers to the print edition will get full online access.  They have been reluctant to charge in fear that they will lose their customer base completely to other free sources, but it now appears they have no other choice.  Research has shown the readers are willing to pay.  Among print media companies, the New York Times does indeed have the largest market share.  They will also be working collaboratively with Apple and their products.

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