Comments on: 'The New York Times' drops online subscription service

Two years after experimenting with subscriptions, newspaper announces all content is available free of charge.

[john55440]

I didn't mind...

I didn't mind paying the subscription fee, but the open model means that more people can read the paper's best columnists.

[devans00]

NYT Columns Here I Come!

Whooo hooo! I can start reading the New York Times columns again. I missed them.

[Y0s]

not so fast

Just tried to get to Maureen Dowd's column and was stopped by a TimeSelect login page. When does the free kick in?

[markivey40]

New York Times Drops Online Subscrptions

This is only a band aid approach for a much bigger problem. The old media (WSJ, NY Times) hasn't changed their editorial model and approach much since I was writing for Business Week 15 years ago. A few possible answers posted on my blog http://markivey.typepad.com/onthemark/

[devans00]

NYT Columns Now Free

I checked back yesterday and my favorite columnists, Bob Herbert, Maureen Dowd etc are now free. I've already set up the Columnists RSS feed and everything.

Woo Hoo.