Marginal Revolution points us to a Mickey Kaus comment on Nov 9 in Slate regarding the "success" of the New York Times to get on-line readers to pay for access to its views and opinions. Why the NYT thinks restricting its readership is going to ultimately pay is beyond me. I responded to a survey when they were considering this move, and told them that I didn't want to pay money for anything! They obviously didn't listen to me. Then, a couple of weeks ago, I got an email begging me to give their subscription a free trial. No way!
On a related note, I think that the Washington Post is doing a much better job of making a compelling on-line presence that integrates into the tools of the internet and is free of charge.
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