When we told you how to keep reading the New York Times for free, we mentioned the Twitter account @freenyt. That’s been taken down! The new one is @freeUnnamedNews (and expects to stay up since there’s no mention of the NYT).
Don’t mucky your paws with paper and ink if you already own an iPad – the Wall Street Journal is to begin flogging versions of the morning’s paper for $US2 each. They claim it’s not because of the New York Times‘ new paywall strategy, but… [PaidContent]
Sure, there’ll be various ways to jump over the New York Times Times paywall, but technically you’ll only be allowed five articles a day going through Google – and all other major search engines, confirms their Communications Manager. [TechCrunch]
We’ve shown you several ways to keep reading the New York Times for free, but here’s an option that’s arguably the simplest of all: NYTClean, a bookmarklet that takes down the Times’ paywall with one click. [NYTClean via Nieman Lab]
A bizarrely staggered paywall will come into effect from March 28, with readers getting 20 free articles a month. After that, it’ll be $US15 for a month’s subscription to the website and iPhone app; $US20 for the month’s website use and iPad app use, and a steep $US35 for using the website, iPhone app and iPad app.
The New York Times announced on Wednesday that they were putting in place a paywall from this month – meaning “a visitor to NYTimes.com will be allowed to view a certain number of articles free each month; to read more, the reader must pay a flat fee for unlimited access. Subscribers to the print newspaper, even those who subscribe only to the Sunday paper, will receive full access to the site without any additional charge.”
Rupert Murdoch says he’ll bar Google from indexing any of his sites.