Here is the TimesSelect Obituary. R.I.P. TimesSelect.
Dear Home Delivery Subscriber,
We are ending TimesSelect, effective today. This will not affect any services you are already receiving as a home delivery customer.
The Times's Op-Ed and news columns are now available to everyone free of charge, along with Times File and News Tracker. In addition, The New York Times online Archive is now free back to 1987 for all of our readers.
Why the change?
Since we launched TimesSelect, the Web has evolved into an increasingly open environment. Readers find more news in a greater number of places and interact with it in more meaningful ways. This decision enhances the free flow of New York Times reporting and analysis around the world. It will enable everyone, everywhere to read our news and opinion - as well as to share it, link to it and comment on it.
All other benefits of home delivery remain the same. You will continue to have complimentary access (100 articles every month) to the complete online Archive back to 1851. For additional benefits, including our All Access suite of digital products, click here: http://www.nytimes.com/allaccess.
We thank you for your support of TimesSelect, and hope you continue to enjoy The New York Times in all its electronic and print forms.
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Sincerely,
Vivian Schiller
Senior Vice President & General Manager
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That's good news. From now on I can read Paul Krugman and Thomas Friedman for free.
ReplyDeleteYou said: "Once they have permalinks on their articles, I know it's about time they end this TimesSelect thingy."
I tried to understand that but I couldn't. You mean that people can wait a little longer to read previously TimeSelected articles for free rather than pay to read them in a timely manner. Is my understanding correct or not?
And you can always read mine for free too.
ReplyDeletePermalink is permanent link, right, I guess so. It's just hyperlink mostly found and originated from the blogosphere, so people can find the article via the permanent link. If the NYTimes were to put permalink on their articles, which they did, I take it then the article is going to be open to all, instead of having road block like login and password for either paid home delivery customers and electronic subscribers. I take it as a sign that they are really letting their site go free. And I was right. I think it's probably a response to Murdoch's plan to free WSJ.com too.
so the site will be supported by ads mostly, that's just incredible.
Now The New York Times is really the record of the times.
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