Techcrunch: Apple’s Big Subscription Bet: Brilliant, Brazen, Or Batsh*t Crazy?
Wednesday, 16 February 2011, 12:40
"This is a big time power play by Apple in the name of better user experience. The maneuver is brilliant, brazen, and perhaps bat-shit crazy. Now it’s time for everyone to show their cards."
Reuters: The NYT’s subscription strategy
Monday, 15 November 2010, 12:39
Felix Salmon: "If I was charged with maximizing paywall revenue, I’d start with a very low fee indeed — maybe just a buck or two a month, to attract as many subscribers as possible and to get them used to the idea of paying for content online. Once the subscriber base hit a critical mass, then I’d start raising the rate, as quietly as possible. … It would take a few years, but the end result would be many more people paying for their online subcription than if you started off with a rate remotely comparable to the price of the print subscription."
Press Gazette: FT Group sees profits rise from subscriptions and digital
Monday, 2 March 2009, 09:56
"Digital revenues represented 67 per cent of FT Group revenues last year, up from 28 per cent in 2000. FT.com subscribers grew nine per cent to 109,609. Registered users increased more than five-fold from 150,000 to 966,000."
Thursday, 9 August 2007, 08:42
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"Citing anonymous sources, the New York Post has reported that rival Manhattan paper The New York Times is planning to do away with TimesSelect, the subscription-only content on its NYTimes.com Web site."
Saturday, 7 April 2007, 11:54
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“The New York Post’s weekday subscription price has recently dropped to $13 a year, meaning that the paper is home delivered for 5 cents a day.”
