New York Times: Columnist Not Only Quits, Thinks Web Site Shouldn’t Charge
Monday, 2 November 2009, 08:37
Saul Friedman … who had written a column for Newsday since 1996, quit last week over the paper’s decision to require some readers to pay for access to its Web site. … 'My column has been popular around the country, but now it was really going to be impossible for people outside Long Island to read it.' That includes him; living outside Washington, he is not a subscriber to Newsday or Cablevision."
