NY Times Online Tries To Lose Relevance: Will Charge For Opinion Pieces
from the well,-there-goes-that-idea dept
Back in January, the New York Times admitted it was thinking about charging for its online content. While plenty of people explained why this would be a very bad idea, putting it in the company of the Wall Street Journal, who is losing its relevance with many influencers, it appears the folks at the Times didn't get the message. While they're not locking up everything, they admitted today that op-ed pieces and columnists will all go behind a paid wall starting this fall. It will cost you $50/year after that if you want to know what the NY Times thinks you should think. While some people will pay it, this seems like a bad idea all around. It will make the NY Times' thought leaders much less relevant, much less discussed... and much less valuable.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Oh Good
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Opinion
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That is a dangerous journalistic tendency. rethink this.
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No, we're pretty clear that it's an opinion. However, we believe it's an accurate one, and supported by lots of data, including new measurements of discussion online.
From everything we've seen, we believe that the WSJ is taking the wrong path, now being followed by the NY Times. It risks taking them *out* of the conversation at the very moment when being a part of the conversation is going to be the most important element of a media play.
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where did I miss the "opinion" part?
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WSJ / NYT
If the NYT starts charging for content, then I agree, they will join the WSJ in the ranks of the irrelevant and online readers will move onto other sources. There's still the Washington Post, the LA Times, probably a whole host of other quality papers in the USA that I am not familiar with. And don't forget the rest of the world out there either.
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We've made it clear that it is our belief that the future of news is in the ability to share the news, and the fact that the Journal has made this more difficult is a problem for them.
Which part is confusing to you?
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WHat is the NY Times' REAL problem?
- The Precision Blogger
http://precision-blogging.blogspot.com
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They are doomed... doomed. Until the rest of the papers do the same thing, then WE are doomed.
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