On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 2:20 PM, Bob in Jersey <[email protected]>wrote:
> ...several other papers, including its NY namesake, into paywall-land > next month: > > http://goo.gl/yFSIw > I was not worried about this at first, since my experience with the NYT has been that the wall is very porous. I am sure I read several articles per day there, and only rarely have I been locked out (partly I guess because I often leave a window open, and it seems as though once I am on the site, it does not count clicking within it to other articles as a separate visit). There are weeks when I click on Nate Silver's column probably 7 - 10 times, and don't get dinged. But I got locked on the wrong side of the pay wall last week (Ides of March) from the LA TImes in what I guess is the first month. Having grown up in Los Angeles, I do still think of the LAT as my home newspaper, and I guess it is a main go-to, not to mention I am a passionate Laker fan, and read their sports page a lot. But I thought the other small tricks I had used with the NYT would work. In principle I am not against daily papers finding a way to monetize their internet presence - in fact I am in favor of it. I think the idea that some how the free information that frolicks on the internet has made professional journalism obsolete is absurd. Professional journalism provides real value, and we should be willing to pay for it. In practice of course, this is mildly irritating. What I would like is to pay something like $10/month and get unlimited access to some bundle of newspapers, but I guess that would not generate enough revenue. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
