>effectively immediately The New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/) has
>dropped its subscription requirement for non-US visitors. All still must
>register ... but reportedly "internet usages overseas is growing faster
>than domestically" so they have made a strategic (branding) decision.
Kathy, thanks for that info. I can relate perhaps more than most. Last
year, when I was still living in Singapore, I sent an annoyed email to the
NYT-online complaining that I had to pay to access their site, whereas my
father sitting in California did not. I asked to know what their reasoning
was for this disparity - did it cost them more to provide the site to me?
(of course it did not :)
They gave me a nonsensical answer, and I never went back to the site. Now
that I'm stateside, I do visit it occasionally, but spend more time at
washingtonpost.com
I don't know if or when the day will come when we pay for news online. I
suspect the competition will be such that it will be along time off...
Barry
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Web Design & Development - Online Marketing <http://www.ToTheWeb.com>
Connecting Businesswomen in Asia <http://www.women-connect-asia.com>
The Pan-Asian Online Underwater Magazine <http://www.asiandiver.com>
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