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- PacoDEmu, on 10/10/2007, -0/+84The only thing they "get" is that they can make more money from ads than subscriptions.
They aren't doing this out of the kindness of their heart, it is just a smart business move. - jkbowman, on 10/10/2007, -5/+52Somewhere Bill O'Reilly is having a fit.
- Chiwawa, on 10/10/2007, -4/+45Everything? No, access to information, of course.
- idc5, on 10/10/2007, -1/+42it's about damn time.. friend sends you a link, "you must be registered to view this article.."
- FuzzyBunny, on 10/10/2007, -1/+40Because we're all cheap bastards
- keozen, on 10/10/2007, -0/+21Ya, Reilly
- misterteenwolf, on 10/10/2007, -0/+16free news articles? welcome to 1993
- rebornthrublood, on 10/10/2007, -1/+16The phrase "way past due" I don't think cuts it this time...
- Godlike, on 10/10/2007, -2/+17Doesn't even have to be about this story. The statement "Somewhere Bill O'Reilly is having a fit." is nearly always true for many different reasons.
Perhaps the only time it is not true is when he is just crammed full of pills or sleeping. Or both. - FreakyD, on 10/10/2007, -2/+14But you will read it for FREE.....right?
- dianebl, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8Um, they never said anything about not requiring the "free registration". This is the paid subscription we're talking about
- irkenzim, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10Great, now if only the FT would do the same!
- FreakyD, on 10/10/2007, -3/+12What do you do for a LIVING, cause I think you should be working for free
- john2kx, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8somehow, I don't think O'Reilly thinks the NY Times was worth much in the first place.
- plhearn, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9or through ads on the website. no?
- MattB123, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8No big deal as long as BugMeNot will continue to work on it.
- Kaosu, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8Burried for dupe of a story that was up yesterday.
- MaynardJK, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6You are still free to send them money if you are worried about people losing their jobs.
The newspaper industry is no different than the major record labels in that they need to adjust their business model to adapt with the times. If they want to run things like it is still 1985 then I don't feel sorry for any of them that go under. Someone that knows what they are doing will move in and fill the needs of their customers. - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6zing!
- LordSkywalker, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7Little to do they know I've got Adblock.
- rdoger6424, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Rupert Murdoch owns the wall street journal, not the NYT
- DiggsOnlyNeoCon, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6Somebody tell ESPN.
- allan17, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Maybe some people were asleep or busy 12 hours ago.
- scamper22, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Any capitalist worth their salt wants to buy something as cheap as possible. Preferably free :) Last I checked, I don't run the New York times, so I want to get their product as cheaply as possible...that being free. It's their job, as the producer, to make me pay as much as possible. Turns out, information is pretty cheap. They can make better money on ads. The market has spoken.
That's chapter 1 of economics 101. - dt40, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Since information is supposed to be free, clearly the reporters, photographers, bloggers, etc. are all supposed to provide it for free as well.
/sarcasm - thcobbs, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Oh? And why would that be?
- CraigJ, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5I've always just used: http://www.bugmenot.com/
- Gabberwok, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Stop or the universe might implode...
- rento, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Amen. Please donate chill pills to that man and once you there just tell him that journalism is not for him.... however Fox News is.
- MadOgre, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Right after I just paid... freak.
- x0nIMIn0x, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I think you will still need to be a registered user to view some links.
- ilovenicotine, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2hows about all the Acronymed Web Newspapers (ANW) do it?
- necbone, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2***** finally....
- Chompy, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3I wouldn't call it smart so much as "less stupid".
- exomni, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2You're an idiot.
- andburn1, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Amen.
- Godlike, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Why didn't they just put up ads on the 'you must subscribe' page?
- rejoined, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3I'd rather the WSJ does it.
- eastbeast314, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Buried as dupe.
- mistafreeze, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Couldn't of said it better myself Maynard
- Gabberwok, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Time to digg every single Paul Krugman article....
- mistafreeze, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1This just means news papers need to welcome the new age. They should do more op-ed articles, hire local writers to provide educational content (such as takes on the current news, self-help advice, book reviews, etc)
I do not buy a paper except for select purposes, mainly because I see no need for the massive waste of trees to produce said paper. (And the news listed in my state and town, isn't all that interesting) - PacoDEmu, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Which is great, except that bugmenot has a penchant for giving me too many unsuccessful attempts before the server locks my ip. But, so is the nature of the beast.
- ilovenicotine, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Ad Block Plus ftw
- mstar, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Agreed - you are an idiot... and waaaaay too paranoid.
- DisposableRob, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1It's not which is why subscriptions are going down. FreakyD is the perfect example of the old media mindset that permeates throughout the MPAA and RIAA. They are unable to compete with changing technology and thus must blame the consumer for not giving up their money for content more easily available elsewhere.
- DisposableRob, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Too bad you can't copyright the news, otherwise the WaPo and NYT could start suing people.
- twotimesthru, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Paco's right regardless. That's how newspapers operate. They are a business. Sure they can say, "We wanted to give more news to more people." But there is always a reason for doing it. And the reason is always profit.
- psion01, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3But ... how do the companies which get that information pay for it? Those reporters and photographers expect to be paid for their effort. So do the editors. The web connection and servers they use to post the news don't come free ... what's the answer? Advertising? How effective is that on the web?
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Billo, come on now, get off the internets.
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