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New York Times to Charge for Op-Ed

The New York Times announced that later this year it will charge $49.95 a year for access to opinion and editorial articles on its website. Print subscribers will still get access for free on top of their normal subscription.

I kind of doubt this will do that well. I mean do I really want to pay $50 a year to read Maureen Dowd bash Bush all the time? Probably not.

While most of the news, features and multi-media on NYTimes.com will remain free and available to users, the work of Op-Ed columnists and some of the best known voices from the news side of The Times and The International Herald Tribune will be available only to TimesSelect subscribers beginning in September. Home-delivery subscribers will automatically receive TimesSelect as part of their benefits. TimesSelect will be priced at $49.95 for an annual subscription.