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September 18, 2007
TimesSelect is Dead
I was intrigued by the blurb on WSJ main page about the death of TimesSelect, so I flipped to the Marketplace section and learned that 227,000 subscribers generated $10 million in revenue for the NYT during the two years its been active. I've had a free TS acct b/c I'm a Sunday home delivery subscriber.
$10 million just aint what it used to be. They say there's more growth potential in online ads than subscription sites. Interestingly, the WSJ didn't bother to compare the NYT's to the WSJ's own pay-only website. And you can only access a preview of the WSJ on its public site.
Apparently, I should be grateful that so much of the NYT will now be open to the public. Frankly, I'm disgusted by how much money I shill out for a single day's paper (almost $29/month) and am wondering why I continue to bother with the paid subscription.
Here's the NYT note on the death of TimesSelect.
Jeff Jarvis on Times deslected
Posted by cj at September 18, 2007 10:10 PM