Washington Post purchases online magazine Slate.com
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After three months of speculation, the Washington Post announced Tuesday it had purchased the online magazine Slate.com, founded by Microsoft Corp.
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WASHINGTON - The Washington Post Co. said Tuesday it is buying Slate from Microsoft Corp. for an undisclosed sum, in an effort to boost the newspaper company&#39;s online traffic.
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(InfoWorld) - Two years after The New York Times started charging for access to some content on its Web site, the Gray Lady is changing tack and will make the content available for free. "The New York Times will stop charging for access to parts of its Web site, effective at midnight (12 a.m. ET) Tuesday night, reflecting a growing view in the industry that subscription fees cannot outweigh the potential ad revenue from increased traffic on a free site," the newspaper reported in a story on its Web site. Times Select, the name of the service that charged access to opinion pieces and some news stories, was available to print subscribers for free. Times Select had 787,400 subscribers, including 471,200 print subscribers who received access to the service for free. Of the remaining subscribers, 89,200 readers received free access on college campuses and 227,000 paid either $7.95 per month or $49.95 for the service, depending on which subscription option they chose. The New York Times report on the decision to end charges on the Web site, said the service generated about $10 millionÂ in annual revenue. In a statement, the paper said more users were coming to the site through search engines, instead of directly visiting NYTimes.com. Removing the subscription barrier to content available under Times Select will result in a boost in traffic and advertising revenue from that increase will replace the money that once came from subscriptions, it said. In addition to opening up its content to all visitors, The New York Times will also offer free access to its archives dating back to 1987, as well as access to stories published by the paper between 1851 and 1922. The site will still charge for access to stories published between 1923 and 1986. Print subscribers will get free access to the complete archives, the paper said.
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By Crystal Neo, Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo.  Jun. 20--When Melissa Jenkins received an e-mail from a Columbia-based company promising cheap magazines, she thought she had chanced upon a really good deal.
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The online bellwether strikes up more deals with print media.
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Dow Jones &amp; Co., publisher of the Wall Street Journal, agreed to purchase MarketWatch Inc. for about $519 million to triple its readership on the Internet and boost advertising sales.
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The Washington Post Company yesterday announced that it had acquired Slate, a pioneering online magazine, from Microsoft in a deal that offers further evidence of traditional
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The Washington Post was viewed as the front-runner to buy Slate since Microsoft put it up for auction in July. Slate will continue to be available on MSN through links on the MSN portal under a separate agreement
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The Washington Post Co. said on Tuesday it would buy Microsoft Corp.&#39;s online magazine Slate. Financial terms of the deal were not announced.
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Plaxo, an early social networking site  that has been overtaken by Linked In and Facebook, is up for  sale, The New York Times reported on Thursday in its online  edition.
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The New York Times Co. is considering  subscription fees to the online version of its flagship  newspaper, which now is available for free, but it has no  immediate plans to do so, the company said on Friday.
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Washington Post Co. on Tuesday said it  would buy Microsoft Corp.'s online magazine Slate, whose mix of  politics, news and culture has built a loyal following but  failed to yield significant profits.
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEATTLE A real estate site that publishes estimated values for about 70 million U.S. homes began letting homeowners and real estate agents post sale offers online Thursday.
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London, November 15: Dow Jones &amp; Co, publisher of The Wall Street Journal, said it is to buy online news site operator MarketWatch Inc to grow the revenues it derives from the Internet.
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Philip F. Anschutz, Denver billionaire and DC United investor, yesterday announced the purchase of the Journal Newspapers Inc., the Alexandria publisher of three Washington area suburban daily
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Philip F. Anschutz, Denver billionaire and D.C. United investor, yesterday announced the purchase of the Journal Newspapers Inc., the Alexandria publisher of three Washington area suburban daily newspapers, through a newly created investment arm called Clarity Media Group.
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  SEATTLE  A real estate site that publishes estimated values for about 70 million U.S. homes began letting homeowners and real estate agents post sale offers online Thursday.