[analphilosopher] Keith Burgess-Jackson: Charging for the New York Times

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Posted by Keith Burgess-Jackson:
Charging for the New York Times
http://www.analphilosopher.com/posts/1121719204.shtml


   I read a while back that The New York Times will begin charging people
   to read its online edition. I seem to recall that this will begin in
   the fall. Has anyone else heard about it? What I'm wondering is
   whether those who subscribe will get an advertisement-free version.
   There are ads all over the online stories and columns. If I'm going to
   pay, I don't want any ads cluttering my view. It might be said in
   response that subscribers to the print edition of the newspaper have
   to put up with ads. True. But the price presumably already reflects
   this. Unless I get a break on ads, why should I pay?