{"id":3108,"date":"2011-03-20T02:01:37","date_gmt":"2011-03-20T02:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningaloud.com\/blog\/?p=3108"},"modified":"2011-03-20T02:01:37","modified_gmt":"2011-03-20T02:01:37","slug":"ny-times-says-it-is-time-to-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningaloud.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/20\/ny-times-says-it-is-time-to-pay\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Times Says It Is Time to Pay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you have the iPad app or access NY Times content in some other way, the free access is soon to end. I can&#8217;t say I blame the paper, but I do think their expectations are unrealistic. If I understand <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/content\/help\/account\/purchases\/subscriptions-and-purchases.html\">the model<\/a>, I would now be expected to pay nearly $200 a year for access. Simply put, this is too much for my level of interest. This is not a knock on the quality of the content &#8211; I understand that original research and writing costs. I simply am not interested in most of the content or have options for similar material.<\/p>\n<p>What will I be able to view? Quite a bit as it turns out (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/content\/help\/account\/purchases\/subscriptions-and-purchases.html\">see description<\/a>) &#8211;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Visitors can enjoy 20 free articles (including blog posts, slide  shows, video and other multimedia features) each calendar month on  NYTimes.com, as well as <strong>unrestricted access to browse the home page, section fronts, blog fronts and classifieds<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Your free, limited access resets every month: at the beginning of  each calendar month, you&#8217;ll once again be able to view 20 free articles  for that month.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Would I be will to pay? I would. What amount do I think would be appropriate for me? I would say $25-30 a year. Do I have a suggestion? How about a fee for individual sections (something like paying for the Sunday edition, but focused on areas). I look for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/pages\/education\/index.html\">education<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/pages\/technology\/index.html\">technology<\/a> content.<\/p>\n<p>I think the next few months should be interesting as far as paid content goes and I hope the Times adds some additional options.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_3108\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"3108\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm96 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V204.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v134.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zM496 400H48V80c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16H16C7.16 64 0 71.16 0 80v336c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h464c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zm-387.2-48h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8v-70.4c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v70.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8z\" class=\"\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/learningaloud.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have the iPad app or access NY Times content in some other way, the free access is soon to end. I can&#8217;t say I blame the paper, but I do think their expectations are unrealistic. If I understand the model, I would now be expected to pay nearly $200 a year for access. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/learningaloud.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/20\/ny-times-says-it-is-time-to-pay\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NY Times Says It Is Time to Pay<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_3108\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"3108\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm96 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V204.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v134.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zM496 400H48V80c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16H16C7.16 64 0 71.16 0 80v336c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h464c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zm-387.2-48h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8v-70.4c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v70.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8z\" class=\"\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/learningaloud.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"a3_pvc":{"activated":true,"total_views":35,"today_views":0},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1zo8Q-O8","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningaloud.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningaloud.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningaloud.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningaloud.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningaloud.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3108"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/learningaloud.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3110,"href":"https:\/\/learningaloud.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3108\/revisions\/3110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningaloud.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningaloud.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningaloud.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}