I’m sorry, New York Times, but if a job seeker’s biggest concern is whether to become someone like Bill Gates or Steve Jobs, or whether to take career advice from one billionaire or the other, I think they’re doing alright.
Get a grip. On Monday, getting suckered into clicking on this type of absurdity will count toward my monthly 10 article limit. Yikes. Going to have to stick to the Style and Home sections, with an occasional foray into actual national or international news. I feel like I’m spending more time than ever online and reading, but that I’m becoming ever less aware of important issues in the world. Perhaps because any length of time thinking about what’s going on nationally on the political scene makes me want to bury my head under the sand and/or move to another country. Perhaps a sandy country.
The overwhelming responses to the new New York Times online subscription plan announcement were that people were completely unwilling to pay or (even more common and way more important for the bottom line) people were willing to pay something but not $15-$35 per month.
Do you read the New York Times online, even if they are sometimes way off the mark of reality? Do you plan on adding another subscription to your life? Are you slightly perturbed that you’re more willing to pay for Netflix than for news? How much would you pay for an online NYT subscription?
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Ok, so I saw this and thought of you. Apparently, you are not the only one annoyed with the NY Times. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/a-word-about-digital-subs_b_843385.html