More than a yr ago , The New York Timesannounced that 2011 would be The Year of the Paywall for its content , but details like pricing and exactly which message the wall would affect were scarce — until Thursday .
Come March 28,The New York Timeswill begin metering entree to articles at its Website as well as offering a handful of Digital Subscription plans for users who want to interpret content via their smartphones and tablet .
Each calendar month , substance abuser will freely be able to read up to 20 article at the newspaper ’s Website , though links from Facebook and Twitter will not depend against this quota . If you want to read more than the allotted number , you ’ll necessitate to sign up up for the NYTimes.com Plus Smartphone App plan at $ 15 per calendar month . As the verbose name suggests , that plan will get you outright web internet browser memory access to theTimes ’s site via all the devices you own , as well as limitless access via the company ’s official smartphone apps for iPhone , BlackBerry , and Android .
If you want to read viaThe New York Times’siPad app , whichgained access code to most of the pubilcation ’s contentlast October , you ’ll need the NYTimes.com Plus Tablet App plan , which runs $ 20 per month . This design also offers inexhaustible web browser app access to theTimes ’s site on all your devices . But while it enable you to read the publishing via its iPad app , the Times Reader 2.0 app for traditional computers , and the NYTimes vane app for Google ’s Chrome internet browser , it doesnotinclude memory access via the smartphone apps .
If you need ubiquitous WWW and app access to The New York Times , you ’ll need the All Digital Access program for $ 35 per calendar month , which includes all aforementioned apps across all supported platforms .
AsAll Things Digital observe , The New York Timeswill make its smartphone and pad of paper design available via the App Store ’s new subscription feature by June 30 , for comply with Apple ’s rules . This mean the subscription will finally be useable in - app , where it will still be $ 20 , but user will gain App Store perks such as clear control over whether their personal data is shared with third parties and an automatic subscription intermission ifThe New York Timesraises its price . Apple will also collect 30 percentage of the subscription fee from each exploiter who signs up from within the app .
Though theTimeswon’t launching this architectural plan in the U.S. until the end of the month , a limited subscription is available in Canada starting on Thursday . concord to itsextensive FAQon the fresh digital subscriptions , The New York Timessays that it is using Canada as a trial bed before releasing the digital subscriptions to its primary readership .
WhileThe New York Timesisn’t the first issue to announce support for the unexampled App Store subscription features , it ’s probably the most significant winnings for Apple so far . News Corp helped Apple usher in the feature in February with an all - new iPad - found publication , The Daily , though the app has suffered from poor performance and rumor of dispirited subscription numbers in the boldness of high startup and production costs .
A handful of other publications hopped on circuit card shortly after Apple made the subscription feature available to all developer , includingPopular Science , Nylon , andElle , though others have balked at Apple ’s high cut of revenue and lack of control over endorser data . The improver of a powerhouse such asThe New York Timesmay , however , add bread and butter to Apple ’s cause and convince some late holdout to give the avail a new look .
update on 3/17 at 12:39 p.m. Pacific to clarify mark subscription prices .
