Tear Down This Wall

Tonight at midnight, the New York Times will end its subscription-only access plan (aka Times Select) for its columns and editorials. From the article:

"The move comes two years to the day after The Times began the subscription program, TimesSelect, which has charged $49.95 a year, or $7.95 a month, for online access to the work of its columnists and to the newspaper’s archives."

I'm surprised that this system was able to last even 2 years, given the rapid decline in newspaper circulations and the basic structure of the internet. Making people pay for something that can be easily found for free elsewhere seems like a bad business move these days.

Check out the whole article here.