The New York TImes has announced it will launch a premium content site/business in Sept. It will put its "well known voices" (mostly op-ed) behind a subscription gate as well as some other features such as archives and multimedia. Cost is $49.95 per year but it's free to subscribers.
Hmmm...not sure this will work. I think those who read the paper's op-ed voices online read them as part of an overall scan of varying viewpoints. I am iffy on whether these folks would pay to read the op-edders no matter how important or vital the paper deems them. For the nws junkie, it's additive content.
Also, where is The New York Times getting these podcasts they refer to? If they are going to be sound bites from reporters, it will be interesting to see how these folks are compensated.
I do like the blogging affiliate program.
Should be inetersting.
