On 9/17/07, Michael Pollak <mpollak at panix.com> wrote:
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> http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/18/business/media/18times.html
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> Times to End Charges on Web Site
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> By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA
> Published: September 18, 2007
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> The New York Times will stop charging for access to parts of its Web
> site, effective at midnight Tuesday night, reflecting a growing view
> in the industry that subscription fees cannot outweigh the potential
> ad revenue from increased traffic on a free site.
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> The move comes two years to the day after The Times began the
> subscription program, TimesSelect, which has charged $49.95 a year, or
> $7.95 a month, for online access to its columnists' work and to the
> newspaper's archives. TimesSelect has been free to print subscribers
> to The Times, and to some students and educators.
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> In addition to opening the entire site to all readers, The Times will
> also make available its archives from 1987 to the present without
> charge, as well as those from 1851 to 1922, which are in the public
> domain.
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