NY Times Ends TimesSelect

Puppycow · 18th September 2007, 11:41 PM

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We have ended TimesSelect. All of our Op-Ed and news columns are now available free of charge. Additionally, The New York Times Archive is available free back to 1987.

If the archives is free now, I guess that it's even freer than it was before.

Cain · 19th September 2007, 12:42 AM

When I heard about this I thought "aw crap" because the TIMES gave everyone with an .edu e-mail address what basically amounted to a free SELECT subscription a little while ago. Their columnists quickly lost relevance in the blogosphere, so now they're making it free again.

David Swidler · 19th September 2007, 03:55 AM

I registered for nytimes.com more than ten years ago, long before Times Select existed, and for some reason, despite my never having paid them, I've always had free access to the puzzles and puzzles archive. I wish I had time to take advantage of that. I have no idea why or how they haven't caught on in all this time.

Brown · 19th September 2007, 04:32 AM

This is good news. I like some of the Times columnists, and the ones who are really predictable are often good for a laugh.

What still amazes me is that someone came up with the brilliant notion of making this a pay service in the first place. Someone should have taken this clown aside and said, "If you want our readership to drop, our quotability to dry up and our influence to wane, this would be a great way to do it."

Puppycow · 19th September 2007, 06:52 AM

Originally Posted by Cain

When I heard about this I thought "aw crap" because the TIMES gave everyone with an .edu e-mail address what basically amounted to a free SELECT subscription a little while ago. Their columnists quickly lost relevance in the blogosphere, so now they're making it free again.

Yeah, I won't be suprised if they get a few complaints for letting the hoi polloi in.

As someone who hasn't bought a dead tree newspaper in a couple years, I'm pretty happy with the new system. I was born in 1970 and grew up with computers, so I'm pretty comfortable with getting my news this way. I still read dead-tree books, but can't justify newspapers since I started finding mostly just articles I'd already read online.

18th September 2007, 11:41 PM	#1
Puppycow Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Japan Posts: 15,722	NY Times Ends TimesSelect All NY Times Content Free Again Quote: We have ended TimesSelect. All of our Op-Ed and news columns are now available free of charge. Additionally, The New York Times Archive is available free back to 1987. If the archives is free now, I guess that it's even freer than it was before.
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19th September 2007, 12:42 AM	#2
Cain Straussian Join Date: May 2002 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,934	When I heard about this I thought "aw crap" because the TIMES gave everyone with an .edu e-mail address what basically amounted to a free SELECT subscription a little while ago. Their columnists quickly lost relevance in the blogosphere, so now they're making it free again.
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19th September 2007, 04:32 AM	#4
Brown Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Twin Cities, Canada Posts: 12,145	This is good news. I like some of the Times columnists, and the ones who are really predictable are often good for a laugh. What still amazes me is that someone came up with the brilliant notion of making this a pay service in the first place. Someone should have taken this clown aside and said, "If you want our readership to drop, our quotability to dry up and our influence to wane, this would be a great way to do it."
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19th September 2007, 06:52 AM	#5
Puppycow Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Japan Posts: 15,722	Originally Posted by Cain When I heard about this I thought "aw crap" because the TIMES gave everyone with an .edu e-mail address what basically amounted to a free SELECT subscription a little while ago. Their columnists quickly lost relevance in the blogosphere, so now they're making it free again. Yeah, I won't be suprised if they get a few complaints for letting the hoi polloi in. As someone who hasn't bought a dead tree newspaper in a couple years, I'm pretty happy with the new system. I was born in 1970 and grew up with computers, so I'm pretty comfortable with getting my news this way. I still read dead-tree books, but can't justify newspapers since I started finding mostly just articles I'd already read online.
	__________________ “Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them. With Major Major it had been all three.” ― Joseph Heller, Catch-22

19th September 2007, 03:55 AM	#3
David Swidler Carrot Mohel Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Right here, obviously. Posts: 8,302	I registered for nytimes.com more than ten years ago, long before Times Select existed, and for some reason, despite my never having paid them, I've always had free access to the puzzles and puzzles archive. I wish I had time to take advantage of that. I have no idea why or how they haven't caught on in all this time.