weeks - 9:44 pm on Jan 17, 2010 (gmt 0)

Perhaps what is the top global news online site is looking to charge for access. I suppose this is The New York Times way of getting in front of the coming wave of tablets.

I hope this works, but I'm doubtful. I'm a big fan of the NYT (as you can tell from my postings, probably).

From New York magazine, via Editor and Publisher's Fitz & Jen [fitzandjen.com]:

The Times has considered three types of pay strategies. One option was a more traditional pay wall along the lines of The Wall Street Journal, in which some parts of the site are free and some subscription-only. For example, editors and business-side executives discussed a premium version of Andrew Ross Sorkin's DealBook section. Another option was the metered system. The third choice, an NPR-style membership model, was abandoned last fall, two sources explained. The thinking was that it would be too expensive and cumbersome to maintain because subscribers would have to receive privileges (think WNYC tote bags and travel mugs, access to Times events and seminars). [nymag.com...]