Comments on: New York Times plugs big leak in paywall

By: cas127

cas127 — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:44:12 +0000

“I noticed reading articles on cn.nytimes doesn’t add to the article count.”

I’ve noticed the same thing for various NYT “blogs” (and the line between NYT “blog” and NYT proper is often so vague as to be non-existent…) – basically there is no meter for many NYT “blogs”.

The NYT is still playing games – trying to maximize digital subscription revenue (opaquely reported in 10K’s and 10Q’s) while capturing the “drive-by” reader who they need to maximize monthly “uniques” and page views – the base currency of online advertising.

Keep holding the NYT’s feet to the reporting fire – they are being as deceptive and manipulative in this regard as any journalistic subject they condemn daily.

By: Ed Stadum

Ed Stadum — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:57:57 +0000

And now it seems that the NYT has for all practical purposes abandoned the metered model in favor of an old-fashioned 99¢ subscription model with the 10 free article offer relegated to a footnote, in effect, in the FAQ.

By: John

John — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:15:37 +0000

I noticed reading articles on cn.nytimes doesn’t add to the article count.

By: Mark Henninger

Mark Henninger — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:37:27 +0000

I’m gonna bury the Gray Lady. She’s dead to me.

By: Rich

Rich — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:31:15 +0000

Paywalls are an attempt to relocate the newspaper’s problem so it becomes the reader’s problem. Surely newspapers can come up with a more customer-friendly solution than that.

By: reddittotherescue

reddittotherescue — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:42:38 +0000

To get around the new pay wall:
Open your hosts file, find the entry that reads 127.0.0.1. Add this to the end of that line:
meter-svc.nytimes.com
Don’t delete anything from the line, just add this string at the end.
Restart your browser or clear the cache. Viola, unfettered access.

By: Statspotting

Statspotting — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 08:46:06 +0000

The paywall has been a very successful move by all standards. It is now more than 12 percent of overall subscription revenue, which is huge if you consider how much of a concern these ‘leaks’ were when the paywall first launched.

http://statspotting.com/nyt-paywall-statistics-12-percent-of-total-subscription-sales-this-year/