WOW, EVEN FURTHER AWAY THAN DEREK JETER'S SUPPOSED ENGAGEMENT:

New York Times to begin charging online readers (AFP, 1/20/10)

The New York Times announced Wednesday that it will begin charging online readers of the newspaper at the beginning of next year.

"The new approach, referred to as the metered model, will offer users free access to a set number of articles per month and then charge users once they exceed that number," The New York Times Co. said in a statement. [...]

Times Co. chairman and publisher Arthur Sulzberger said the new business model "is designed to provide additional support for The New York Times' extraordinary, professional journalism.

"Our audiences are very loyal and we believe that our readers will pay for our award-winning digital content and services," he said.

Wanna bet?

Posted by Orrin Judd at January 20, 2010 12:02 PM