September 18th, 2007

NYTimes.com Drops TimesSelect, Focuses On Search And Link-Based Economy

by Scott Karp

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The TimesSelect pay wall has officially been torn down. Does this mean newspapers should forget about paid content? Yes, if they want be part of the “conversation” and participate in the web’s link-based ecosystem and economy.

Mark Potts makes a strong argument for why newspapers shouldn’t give up on the paid content model, but it belies the principal reason why they should:

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  • Let them have it for free and then charge them for premium is the model that works.
  • This is really shame that NYT stop subscribing service - I think apart from bloomberg and FT no publication really get a substantial revenue model for paid subscription -- really don't know, what's next for information provider?
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