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July 10th, 2009

$5 monthly Web charge eyed by New York Times

By David Rothman

The New York Times is thinking about a $5 a month Web access charge. That’s reasonable if the Times doesn’t keep jacking up the charges and if it cuts back on obnoxious display ads—which I suspect most readers are ignoring anyway.

When an ad covers up a story, I just reach for the “close” button without even bothering the read the sucker.

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