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> How much would you pay for that hot new subscription service, to fund the level of baseline quality you get from the NYT? I don't know about you, but even $5/
by chime 12y ago
> How much would you pay for that hot new subscription service, to fund the level of baseline quality you get from the NYT? I don't know about you, but even $5/week doesn't sound completely unreasonable.
I don't know. But I pay $8.95 a month for Netflix, another $9 for Hulu Plus, another $9 for Spotify. I also get Amazon Prime for about $8/month and HN/reddit are free. It's not whether NYT is worth $35+/mo, it's whether I can derive $35/mo of utility from it.
- cwyers 12y agoNetflix, Hulu Plus, Spotify etc. are all benefiting from the old model of media. Albums, TV shows and movies make back their production costs (in the whole, if not individually) through theaters/DVD/album sales, and then Netflix/Hulu/Spotify buy the streaming rights, which are all gravy at that point. They're not sustainable models. The New York Times is further along a curve where digital eats the old media model, and is having to adapt sooner.