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The real message of new NYTimes digital pricing: “For the love of Christ, just let us drop some paper on your porch every day.

Scott Simpson on the New York Times’ new, way-too-complicated pay wall.

For 150 years the NY Times has been selling their content for a price. It’s always been very simple: buy an issue or a subscription, get the content. The incredibly hard time they’re having transferring this model to their website makes no sense to me. The distinction between “traditional” computers, mobile phones and tablet computers is ridiculous. If the relatively recent introduction of these new mediums teaches media moguls anything it should be that medium is irrelevant.

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