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Friday, October 23, 2009

Newsday Will Charge $260/Year for Online News

Beginning Wednesday, most of Newsday.com content will only be available to subscribers of the newspaper, Optimum Online or those willing to pay a $5 weekly fee. Nonpaying customers only will have access to the home page, school closings, weather, obituaries, classified and entertainment listings and some limited access to Newsday stories.

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#1 | Posted by ZombieHunter at 2009-10-22 03:12 PM | Reply | Flag:

3 months before I submit my put option.

#2 | Posted by AuntieSocial at 2009-10-23 08:29 AM | Reply | Flag:

What a ripoff. I could MAYBE understand it if it was a Hard Copy of a newspaper. Least You would have something leftover to wrap Your dead fish in. But an ONLINE newspaper?? Come on this is just greed pure and simple greed.

Larry

#3 | Posted by LarryMohr at 2009-10-23 08:38 AM | Reply | Flag:

if people want to pay it then fine. charge $2,500 a year if you can get it.

why someone would pay that when so much information is available for free seems silly.

#4 | Posted by eberly at 2009-10-23 08:40 AM | Reply | Flag:

Good freakin' luck putting that genie back in the bottle, Newsday.

#5 | Posted by cbob at 2009-10-23 08:41 AM | Reply | Flag:

Buh-bye, Newsday.

#6 | Posted by MaryTylerWhore at 2009-10-23 08:57 AM | Reply | Flag:

whats that I hear in the background

its either taps or the sound of democrats getting ready to BAIL OUT NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES..

control the media
control the people

joe stalin

#7 | Posted by afkabl2 at 2009-10-23 10:12 AM | Reply | Flag:

Newsday Will Charge $260/Year for Online News

Not to me;-)

#8 | Posted by hanoverfist at 2009-10-23 10:29 AM | Reply | Flag:

I read Rcade is going to start charging us $25 per word.

#9 | Posted by kanrei at 2009-10-23 10:30 AM | Reply | Flag:

Sell your stock NOW!!

#10 | Posted by earthmuse at 2009-10-23 10:31 AM | Reply | Flag:

I read Rcade is going to start charging us $25 per word.

#9 | Posted by kanrei

That should shut Woke up.

#11 | Posted by wisgod at 2009-10-23 10:35 AM | Reply | Flag:

fuck em

#12 | Posted by Shawn at 2009-10-23 10:36 AM | Reply | Flag:

Members of the Offical Drudge Retort Angler's Club get a discount.

#13 | Posted by kanrei at 2009-10-23 10:37 AM | Reply | Flag:

Maybe that $260 is the raise they gave Ellis Henican for 2009. Which IMO should be about a 10% increase in salary.

#14 | Posted by crispee_oc at 2009-10-23 10:39 AM | Reply | Flag:

yeah for a liberal he's not TOO annoying.......
he IS the one that oreilly has on from time to time isnt he?

#15 | Posted by afkabl2 at 2009-10-23 10:45 AM | Reply | Flag:

^.^

I second the motion that Newsday is about to have a serious financial downturn ... you can't charge much for non-specialized online news and make a profit.

John B.
www.politicscity.com

#16 | Posted by lunahq7 at 2009-10-23 10:58 AM | Reply | Flag:

They're just anticipating the looming government regulation of the internet. Soon, internet media/blogs will need to get some sort of license that will cost some outrageous fee. A fee I doubt RCADE would be willing to pay, but large news corporations will. After that, internet news will turn into the same syndicated crap you see on television. Its exactly what they did to television.

#17 | Posted by wurster at 2009-10-23 11:00 AM | Reply | Flag:

so will newsweek cover something like
farakahan's statement about the swine flu is just a way to rid the world of its too many people

or the bullshit from the senate dems on the DR FIX nonsense that failed miserable

or acorn
and the communists and the people who admire MAO in the white house
I think not.
well not the whole story anyway.

#18 | Posted by afkabl2 at 2009-10-23 11:24 AM | Reply | Flag:

They too will get a bailout form the little o.

#19 | Posted by Sniper at 2009-10-23 11:55 AM | Reply | Flag:

And the righties Obama fixation lives on.

This is just the free market at work. And Newsday at the morgue.

#20 | Posted by northguy3 at 2009-10-23 02:02 PM | Reply | Flag:

And the righties Obama fixation lives on.

Obama is mentioned how many times??

Oh, and BTW, there is another NEW Palin thread you and corky can masterbate to....

#21 | Posted by eberly at 2009-10-23 02:10 PM | Reply | Flag:

Northguy: do a "ctrl + F" search of this page and you will see that the term "Obama" does not appear until your post. Also search "President", Barack", "flop" and there are no results.

#22 | Posted by andyuhenet at 2009-10-23 02:19 PM | Reply | Flag:

LOL. I won't even register to read a story.

#23 | Posted by Sully at 2009-10-23 03:41 PM | Reply | Flag:

"OMG! The sky is falling. It's a communist plot I tell ya!", the cry of the right.

...of course we all know it's really a capitalist attempt to make a buck. I wish them all the luck.

It's got nothing to do with internet regulating or internet fees. If anything the FCC it trying to keep the capitalists from jerking the rug out from under all the little guys. Why can't right wing fanatics figure out that they will be muzzled too if the big boys have their way?

#24 | Posted by RingMaster at 2009-10-23 06:54 PM | Reply | Flag:

Even though I have Optimum Online, that rag isn't worth my time.

#25 | Posted by Ray at 2009-10-23 07:02 PM | Reply | Flag:

That's funny. If the dummytards have not noticed there are about 100000000 FREE news sites. But thiers is soooo special that people will pay.....NOT!

#26 | Posted by tickyul at 2009-10-23 10:16 PM | Reply | Flag:

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