One Man’s Plan for NY Times, Have Online Subscription Fee
Henry Blodget at Silicon Valley Insider advances his Plan to Fix The New York Times in three steps:
- Cut costs 40% by 2010.
- Continue to raise print subscription prices
- Explore charging an online subscription fee
I am most intrigued by the idea of no firewall but still a fee. Anyone can link to the stories and you can see the linked stories. However, if you want to read the entire site, then you have to be a subscriber. Blodget sets the fee at $80 a year. It’s an intriguing idea.
On making the cuts, I like the comment by Dan, who writes: