Posted on 05/12/2015 5:05:54 AM PDT by lbryce
The New York Times has announced that it is scrapping the paid subscription model for its mobile app NYT Now, after it failed to convert a substantial number of mobile users to subscribers.
The app, which was previously priced at 7.99 dollars per month, was introduced last year as part of a larger effort at the Times to grow its subscription base by introducing new mobile products, reported TechCrunch.
The NYT Now app was particularly aimed at attracting a younger, more digital crowd, by offering news summaries that allowed users to quickly catch up on the top NYT stories while on the go, as well as read stories around the web.
(Excerpt) Read more at business-standard.com ...
And another one gone and another gone and another one bites the dust...
So it was as full of lies and distortion as the paper.
I'm always looking for ideas for argument against the burgeoning effort by the government indoctrination centers to introduce electronics into the class environment
My 7 yo grandson signed an Ipad out of his elementary library !
My daughter got defensive so I didn't get much from her, but 'grammy' says it's mostly games
The kid HAS every game and latest developement there isc .... WHY are sch ... s'cuse me .... government indoctrination centers buying them with taxpayer dollars and why is a child so easily handed such a thing ?
What I like about the article is ... a failing program cannot be resurrected by the marvelous electron
I wish some rich conservative individual or group would buy the Slimes and transform it into something worth reading. As of now, the only use I’ve ever had for it is for paper training puppies. The extra large pages cover more floorspace than most other newspapers.
Oh...I wanted to pics of the “paid model”......{;^(
If they want to save money, I know some writers they need to let go.
They get their fiction elsewhere.
Apart from the limousine liberals, leftists generally do not obligated to pay for anything. It should be free and no money should ever go to the greedy corporate capitalists.
The NYTimes owes liberals free news.
They have a world renowned economist who can guide them on pricing, right?
$7.99 for the app! Wow! For all the free media websites and apps you can view, it’s no wonder it fell flat. I never knew the price because I wouldn’t download it for free. Now multiply that by the stupid price tag they put on it and it’s no surprise.
$7.99 per month ? LOL...
Even if you are a die hard libtard that believes every word of the old grey whore, liberals aren't paying almost $100 annually to get past the paywall to read their propaganda ...
They are used to using OPM or being free...
Plus there are dozens of websites posting their crap for free...
To read the news on a miniscule screen.
Or a nice cheeseburger?
Cheeseburger,cheeseburger,cheeseburger!
You can always check out craig's list for paid "models"... : ^)
At least they are more honest than anything you can read in the NYT's
My problem with that is the government spent how much on those iPads? Was just on Amazon the other day looking at tablets - they have some for $50.
I vocalized my objection and pointed out the descrepency of the amount .... made no difference
I'd BETTER get re-elected .... there's a whole BUNCH'A shit I wann'a stir up !
Advice to NYT. Offer a free app called “NYT Retractions” it would get at least some people reading your paper.
Steve Jobs wasn’t stupid. He saw how much money school districts spend. It’s no accident nearly all of them now pass out iPads like they used to pass out composition books.
Yeah, it’s the NYT... I wouldn’t use it if they paid me.
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