Paid Newspaper Sites To Become Obsolete

Editor & Publisher   |  Joe Strupp   |   September 19, 2007 10:33 AM

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Now that The New York Times has thrown in the towel on TimesSelect, its two-year-old premium service limiting online columns to paid subscribers, is paid online newspapering dead?

Perhaps, but not everywhere. The Wall Street Journal, the only major daily requiring an online subscription, says things are doing quite well, thank you, in the paid Web world. However, new owner Rupert Murdoch has been making noises about ending the pay plan.

"So far, we are very successful," Daniel Bernard, the Journal's online general manager, told E&P. "We have a lot of great content that is open to the public, but we maintain our core content that is premium."

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- eaglecapri See Profile I'm a Fan of eaglecapri permalink

I love the New York Times, but I absolutely hate Times Select. There is nothing worse than clicking on a story and you're re-directed to a page asking for money to read the damn thing! Good riddance!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:50 AM on 09/20/2007
- David423 See Profile I'm a Fan of David423 permalink

I hope that the Globe and Mail in Toronto gets the message and follows suit.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:08 PM on 09/19/2007
- Ginzaman See Profile I'm a Fan of Ginzaman permalink

No way I'd pay for online stuff. If you know where to look you shouldn't have to do it. I tried subscribing for the printed NYT. NEVER AGAIN.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:43 PM on 09/19/2007
- realitytrumpsbull See Profile I'm a Fan of realitytrumpsbull permalink

Web news is a good extension of, but will never entirely replace the 'dead tree' edition, and I have no qualms with paying to support publication costs. What interests me is WHO owns the newspapers etc. Remember Randolph Hearst? It's all about the editorial control, bay-bee...

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:53 PM on 09/19/2007
- nunzia See Profile I'm a Fan of nunzia permalink

Why would anyone pay to read the NYT (Judith Miller, for instance) or the WP (drumbeats for the war) online?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:44 PM on 09/19/2007
- Bulbul See Profile I'm a Fan of Bulbul permalink

I subscribed it for one year just to read Dowd and Rich. Then found out Dowd disappears from op. ed. for long period of time. Not worth 50 bucks and definitely was not going to renew this year. Days of the bloggers Huffo gets you the instant news lot faster than NY times. Not giving a cent to WCJ, if it comes free, we shall see.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:52 AM on 09/20/2007
- bikerdude See Profile I'm a Fan of bikerdude permalink

Why? Dowd, Rich, Herbert, Krugman...

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:18 PM on 09/19/2007
- racetoinfinity See Profile I'm a Fan of racetoinfinity permalink

Especially Krugman.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:40 PM on 09/19/2007
- pimothy See Profile I'm a Fan of pimothy permalink

I signed up for Times Select from day one, and liked it's content. However I had a terrible time with system crashes that would require reboots. Localnet.com was my provider and they tried different schemes that never really worked. I just wondered if anyone else had these problems. Oh yes NYT never ever got back to me with any kind of assistance. Anyone else?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:42 PM on 09/19/2007
- olivia See Profile I'm a Fan of olivia permalink

If Rupert Murdoch makes the Wall Street Journal online free, I will still not read it.

We know what Murdoch does to journalism. No point in witnessing it.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:38 PM on 09/19/2007
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