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Wednesday, March 14, 2007

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All The News That's Fit To Pay $165 A Year For

Well, you knew it had to end sometime. Disappointing news out that The New York Times Reader service is out of Beta and in order to use the service you’ll need to plop down $165 a year (or $14.95 a month.) I like the software very much and have grown quite accustomed to it. But not so accustomed to it, that I will fork over that much of a subscription fee a year. The NY Times can certainly charge what they want for their content, but it is just too steep a price to continue enjoying the benefits of the great software for my pocket book.

To see what all the fuss is about, you might want to check out this Software InkShow on the New York Times Reader.

Maybe other publishers using the Windows Presentation Foundation will see a potential benefit in offering lower priced access to their content.

Via Frank LaVigne

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3/14/2007 8:55 PM MST

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Thursday, March 15, 2007 6:33:02 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

It's certainly not the NY Times but there are other papers using the same type software. I have the Seattle PI's version installed and it still works great......for now.

Doc

Thursday, March 15, 2007 1:36:45 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

You can subscribe to the NYT Book Review for $1.25 per week, and get the Times Reader access for free.

Sunday, March 18, 2007 3:48:10 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

You can get the product for alomst 50% off and get the benefit of having the option to using the Newsstand Electronic Edition of the NY Times as well.

From the NY Times FAQs the NY Times Electronic Edition qualifies one for a free access to Times Select. According to the announcement that the Times Reader was exiting beta ( http://firstlook.nytimes.com/?p=34 ) it is stated that Electronic Edition subscribers also get access to NY Times Reader.

Current Pricing for the NY Times Electronic Edition are:
Monday - Friday
FREE 7-DAY TRIAL and continue for just $9.99 per month
FREE 7-DAY TRIAL and continue for one year. $84.99

Therefore you can purchase full access to the NY Times Reader (and content including Times Select) for $80 less for an annual subscription.

John Gibson

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