NYT Wednesday confirmed reports that it would introduce a "metered model"

[katty]

more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/20/new-york-times-metered-mo_n_429508.html

The New York Times Wednesday confirmed reports that it would introduce a "metered model" to its website, formally announcing plans to introduce "a paid model for NYTimes.com at the beginning of 2011."

Under the metered model, the newspaper's website "will offer users free access to a set number of articles per month and then charge users once they exceed that number."

"This will enable NYTimes.com to create a second revenue stream and preserve its robust advertising business," the announcement said. "It will also provide the necessary flexibility to keep an appropriate ratio between free and paid content and stay connected to a search-driven Web."

[abelenkpe]

1. Cant see that working

in this economy.

[hlthe2b]

2. If they don't set a high threshold before fees kick in...

this will be devastating--not only to the NYT and its long legacy as the nation's premier news source, but for the all-too ignroant public, as well