The Times Meter: Why 2011?

Why 2011? That’s a compelling question about the New York Times’ metering announcement, one that I somehow missed in my list of nine (“Nine Questions: New York Times Goes Metered” ).  It’s a good one, given that making a mid-January announcement of a 2011 business move is highly unusual ...

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Nine Questions: New York Times Goes Metered

It's a big bet. The New York Times, which has been thrashing about every possible kind of business model in the last six months, is making the bet on metering, meaning readers will get some number of free articles per month, then be told to pay up to get more. Nine quick questions as we... ...

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