subject: NY Times Online: Why buy the cow if you can get the milk for free? [print this page] NY Times Online: Why buy the cow if you can get the milk for free?
Since yesterday (2 p.m. Eastern time) the so-called "paywall" of the New York Times is active, limiting free reader access of news. The Time's decision to limit fee access to the NYTimes.com to 20 story views (articles, new, etc) per month, has been hotly debated since it was announced earlier this month, and met with increasing public criticism. NY Times readers are asked to pick a digital subscription package, which includes the latest Web and Mobile platforms. Notably:
16$ a month for Smart Phone App access to news
22$ a month for Tablet App access to news
38$ a month for full access to Smart Phone, Tablet and Web Content for any category of new
Despite the NY Times determination to "hold their ground" and fully endorse the new subscription plan while at the same time "maintaining our large audience and robust advertising business" (as stated by Mr. Arthur Sulzberger Jr. Chairman of NY Times Company) [1], a number of critics state that the above mentioned subscription plan, is practically impossible to implement, since anyone can easily bypass the "paywall" for reading news. First of all, articles and news posted on Facebook and Twitter can be viewed for free. Also, one easily deleted his browsing data history and reset the 20 story limit. The sky is the limit
"No barriers should be placed on free online media and news" says Mr. Hercules Kapritsas CEO and owner of a Greek IT company that has created Naro (www.naro.gr) a cutting edge news platform (eidiseiw or eidhseis) that allows its readers to keep-up with all the daily news and newspapers. Actually, Naro is a- state of the art- news platform that automatically gathers all the news from the internet (renewed every 3 minutes) and categorize them into up to 80 categories. "The internet should remain a free platform permitting unlimited access to news and knowledge for the public. It should not turn into a privilege for the elit". Well said indeed.
The 1.000.000$ question however, is how to convince the public to pay (a substantial amount of money) for something that they used-all these years- to get for free, and they still (easily bypassing the "paywall") can get for free?
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