Comments on: For The New York Times, the digital future is now

Despite its fiscal difficulties, the paper of record is experimenting with a series of initiatives aimed at forging boldly into the next era of storytelling.

[slecalvez]

Thank you Carlos Slim...

[Voice_Of_Logic]

Newspapers are dead. The news is old before the print dries. Give it up already.

[commsoft]

Unfortunately when you say the paper "does its best for all the news that's fit for newsprint," for them, that's the Democratic National Committee's view of the world.

Those of us who are, for example, interested in actual critical examination of what the new unified Democratic President and Congress are doing, rather than 95% cheerleading and the occasional token question, well, we're left to look elsewhere. Since the NY Times has given up its credibility as a source of unbiased news over the past couple of decades and become effectively a party line source of propaganda, it's also given up the reason why many if not most people would pay for it rather than just donating directly to the DNC and getting their news from Google.

[DickDast-IT]

...and where does Google get its' news from? All it does is index and link to newspaper websites. They have some content direct from wire agencies but that is very "white label" - i.e.: dull (I work for one).
Just about all major newspapers have a political leaning, and they don't pretend otherwise. In the UK I read The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph and The Independent, which all have their own unique outlook on society and politics, but I know that so I allow for bias, opinion and slant when I read their stories.
If you value the power of journalism to hold politicians, industrialists and "celebrities" to account you need to support original news providers as much as you can afford to.
I enjoy consuming news content for free but I don't take it for-granted, I know that at some stage the "free" model is going to fail and we will have to pay again for high quality content.

[djc8080]

Can the NYTimes become the next Google, Facebook, Twitter?

Their advantage over the long tail is their brand and distribution. The disadvantage is the luggage of paper-related expenses and a culture dominated by editorial cubicles. This chases away the best developers.

Still, a lot of developers are following Bilton at http://sw.tEarn.com/

[xcal78]

They don't want to be the next google, faceboo, or twitter. All they want is to lower costs and continue to do what they do best, news.

[EmilySweeney]

How profitable are Facebook and Twitter?

Something to ponder...

[cmfnyc]

I'd settle for a better iPhone app first. Even 2.0 is doesn't cut it. I hate to say it, but AP mobile is much better.