New York Times to stop charging for online content
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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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The New York Times Co said on Monday  it will end its paid TimesSelect Web service and make most of  its Web site available for free in the hopes of attracting more  readers and higher advertising revenue.
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The New York Times has named two deputy editorial page editors, including one who will oversee the editorial pageâs presence online.
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By Hiawatha Bray, The Boston Globe  May 26--Stung by the backlash against increased royalties charged to  Internet broadcasters, the music industry this week offered to give small  online broadcasters a break.
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Newspaper publisher Tribune Co.  TRB.N, embroiled in a scandal over inflated circulation  figures, on Friday further cut circulation numbers at two New  York newspapers and said it will take a charge of as much as  $60 million.
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The "New York Times" drops TimesSelect, recognizing a mistake that only got worse as ad spending trends continued to shift.
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) - The New York Times on Thursday lowered its fourth-quarter earnings outlook on softer-than-expected advertising revenue and set plans to expense employee stock options.
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After years of resisting the newsroom cuts that have hit most of the industry, The New York Times will bow to growing financial strain, the executive editor said Thursday.
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Playbill - In the latest of a series of editorial changes which had an impact on the theatre community, the New York Times has eliminated the free theatre listings - known as "The Guide" - found in the Sunday edition of the paper.
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A tentative deal over editorial independence at The Wall Street Journal would give Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.  the sole power to hire and fire the newspaper's top editors if it succeeds in buying Dow Jones & Co. Inc. , The New York Times said on Thursday.
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The New York Times Co. NYT.N said on   Thursday it forecast lower third-quarter earnings than during   the same quarter last year because of a "challenging" print   advertising market.
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The New York Times said on Sunday it  made a mistake in charging a discounted rate for printing a  political ad that attacked the top U.S. general in Iraq,  angering Republicans and drawing charges the newspaper is  politically biased.
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The New York Times Co.'s move yesterday to write down the value of The Boston Globe and Worcester Telegram &amp; Gazette by $814 million reflects both the rapid shifts in technology and consumer habits undercutting traditional media as well as the challenges of the New England market.
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The CNN cable television news network  said on Thursday it would stop using the Reuters news service,  ending a 27-year relationship, to cut costs and invest in its  own news gathering operations.
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The New York Times Co. said on Tuesday  that its Internet revenue could grow 30 percent in 2007, and  that it is trying to cut costs and is continuing to rebalance  its portfolio of properties to deal with a tough media climate.
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The New York Times Co. said on Wednesday it plans to raise the cover price and home delivery price of its flagship paper in July.
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WSJ.com to become worth what you pay for it.