[FC-discuss] Brill's "secret" plan to save the New York Times

[Ben Miller-Jacobson]

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> What do you think? Would it really save the times? I'm not really sure a
> model like this would work.

I don't think it will work. Once you raise the price from "free" to even
$0.01, it becomes less convenient for the user, if nothing else. My bet
is that a small, core group would pay, most wouldn't bother and would
get their news elsewhere, and the rest would obtain illegal copies. I
may be wrong, but I anticipate that subscriptions wouldn't nearly make
up for the lost ad revenue.

Ben Miller-Jacobson
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