NYT Goes To $2 Daily, $5 Sunday, Beginning 6/1

[Ben_Hecht]

Suicide . . . headline news . . .

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Five bucks for Sunday doesn't strike me as out of line. $2 for the daily? Well, if I have to choose between my WSJ and Times' subscriptions, that's another point in the Journal's favor.

 

[Ben_Hecht]

Fair evaluation. I bitched about $1.50 daily . . . this is ludicrous. Will pay a dime to copy
the Mon/Wed crosswords, though.

 

[Babs]

They might get New Yorkers to pay $2 daily, but they can forget about the rest of the country paying that much. They will no longer be a national paper at that price.

 

[playthrough]

Is that new for NYC itself? I could have sworn the Sunday paper was $5 nationally already.

I just renewed my national-edition home delivery after a while off, paying $6.70 per week for six months. Can't argue with that paper for less than a buck a day.

 

[Steak Snabler]

A professor in college once told my class that if the NYT sold no advertising, they'd have to charge $12 per copy just to break even. They're almost halfway there ...

 

[Ben_Hecht]

$5 for Sundays is a NY Metro price . . . certain it will be higher, elsewhere. Sic Transit.

 

[Pulitzer Wannabe]

The Starbucks girl told me the other day it's going to be $6 on Sundays.

 

[Frank_Ridgeway]

NYT readers have always been willing to pay more than other papers' readers, and an extra 50 cents won't be a big deal for them.

 

[Herbert Anchovy]

http://www.nytpick.com/2009/05/dan-baums-back-now-hes-blogging-about.html

 

[mediaguy]

What are the current daily/Sunday rates?

 

[Appgrad05]

I paid $5 today for the national edition. I believe that is the same rate I was paying more than a year ago.

 

[Boom_70]

that extra .50 rattling around in my pocket was always annoying anyway

 

[doggieseatdoggies]

USA Today just got a dose of hopeful news.

 

[zebracoy]

How much does the Web price increase by?

 

[Ben_Hecht]

What are the current daily/Sunday rates?

In NY metro? $1.50/$4.

 

[DanOregon]

TWO DOLLARS!!!

 

[Football_Bat]

It's still free online.

 

[trifectarich]

I'll be interested to see if my next subscription invoice reflects any price change. It had better arrive when I'm in the right mood because it'll be easy to think my life will be just fine without this.

 

[HejiraHenry]

I'll be interested to see if my next subscription invoice reflects any price change. It had better arrive when I'm in the right mood because it'll be easy to think my life will be just fine without this.

Call and tell them you're going to cancel, they'll cut you a good deal. My wife did that a couple of weeks ago.