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NYTimes.com will go behind a paywall in January
Posted by Leah McBride Mensching on May 14, 2010 at 5:16 PM
New Hampshire papers prepare to launch metered pay models
Posted by Savita Sauvin on April 5, 2010 at 4:48 PM
NYTimes Co.'s Sulzberger discusses metered model, iPad version
Posted by Leah McBride Mensching on March 11, 2010 at 5:09 PM
New York Times' metered system will take time
Posted by Leah McBride Mensching on February 10, 2010 at 5:25 PM
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![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.sfnblog.com/financials/2010/08/ny_times_co_trials_paywall.php&bodytext=<form mt:asset-id="7719" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.sfnblog.com/industry_trends/Worcester%20telegram.png"><img alt="Worcester telegram.png" src="http://www.sfnblog.com/assets_c/2010/08/Worcester%20telegram-thumb-325x213-7719.png" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;" height="213" width="325" /></a></form>The New York Times Co. is testing out its paywall strategy, but not on its flagship newspaper's website. Rather, the company has set up a metered paywall on the website of its Worcester, Massachusetts newspaper, the Telegram & Gazette, <a href="http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/15/times-paper-in-mass-to-charge-for-online-content/?ref=media">The Times announced</a> yesterday.<br /><br />Beginning today, the daily will allow readers to view 10 local news articles each month for free. After that threshold has been reached, they will be offered several different online subscription options, from a US$14.95 monthly pass, to a $1 day pass. &title=NY Times Co. trials paywall){kind=link}
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.sfnblog.com/financials/2010/05/nytimescom_will_go_behind_a_paywall_in_j.php&bodytext=<form mt:asset-id="6770" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.sfnblog.com/industry_trends/NY%20Times.png"><img alt="NY Times.png" src="http://www.sfnblog.com/assets_c/2010/05/NY%20Times-thumb-350x214-6770.png" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;" height="214" width="350" /></a></form>January 2011 will be the end of the free NYTimes.com.<br /><br />Executive editor Bill Keller revealed the news yesterday evening at a dinner event for the Foreign Press Association, but he did not give any other information, such as pricing or paywall model The Times will use, <a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/1647536/new-york-times-paywall-january-web-site-data-paid-content">Fast Company reported</a> today. &title=NYTimes.com will go behind a paywall in January){kind=link}
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.sfnblog.com/financials/2010/04/new_hampshire_papers_prepare_to_launch_m.php&bodytext=<form mt:asset-id="6346" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.sfnblog.com/industry_trends/NH%20Changes.png"><img alt="NH Changes.png" src="http://www.sfnblog.com/assets_c/2010/04/NH%20Changes-thumb-260x250-6346.png" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;" height="250" width="260" /></a></form>As the newspaper industry increasingly embraces various paid online models, newspapers in New Hampshire, United States are following suit, with several planning to roll out a metered payment system for online content soon, <a href="http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/694460-196/changes-coming-for-nh-news-sites.html">NashuaTelegraph.com reported</a> yesterday. The papers include The (Nashua) Telegraph, Concord Monitor, The Portsmouth Herald (Seacoast Online), and The Conway Daily Sun.<br /><br />"The news industry's well-publicized financial problems, combined with technological improvements, are tipping the scales in favor of charging for online content - a move that has long been considered risky because of consumer expectations that information on the Internet should be free," the NashuaTelegraph.com article, by Ashley Smith, stated. &title=New Hampshire papers prepare to launch metered pay models){kind=link}
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.sfnblog.com/financials/2010/03/nytimes_cos_sulzberger_discusses_metered.php&bodytext=<form mt:asset-id="6073" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><img alt="Sulzberger.png" src="http://www.sfnblog.com/industry_trends/Sulzberger.png" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="140" width="117" /></form>The New York Times is still planning to launch its metered paywall early next year, because that model is right for now; but in the future, it may not be, Times Co. Chairman and Publisher Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. said at Bloomberg BusinessWeek's Media Summit 2010, <a href="http://paidcontent.org/article/419-media-summit-nytcos-sulzberger-we-wont-be-handcuffed-by-maintaining-th/">paidContent reported today</a>.<br /><br />"We believe going to a metered model now is the right thing. But 10 years from now? Who knows?" he said.<br /> &title=NYTimes Co.'s Sulzberger discusses metered model, iPad version){kind=link}
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http://www.sfnblog.com/financials/2010/02/new_york_times_metered_system_will_take.php&bodytext=<form mt:asset-id="5719" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.sfnblog.com/industry_trends/JanetRobinson.jpg"><img alt="JanetRobinson.jpg" src="http://www.sfnblog.com/assets_c/2010/02/JanetRobinson-thumb-250x367-5719.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="367" width="250" /></a></form>Building a great system takes time, which is why The New York Times isn't in a hurry to launch its metered paywall this year, President and CEO Janet Robinson said in an earnings call today, <a href="http://paidcontent.org/article/419-nytcos-robinson-we-need-time-to-get-metered-system-right/">paidContent reported</a>. <br /><br />The new system will "keep us connected to search driven Web" by being flexible between paid and free content, she said. &title=New York Times' metered system will take time){kind=link}