The New York Times’ App Plan Isn’t Working, So It’s Laying Off Staff

Re:The New York Times’ App Plan Isn’t Working, So It’s Layin... by tomdale on Wednesday October 01, 2014 @05:57PM (#8398045)

I read the New York Times and subscribe to the Sunday paper (grudgingly; the online subscription is perversely more expensive than allowing them to leave a piece of paper on my doorstep every Sunday!)

The Times puts up too many obstacles to becoming a subscriber in the digital age, as others have mentioned.

Also, either I'm oblivious or they're doing a terrible job marketing their spinoffs. I read the Times daily, on both my phone and at a desktop, and am definitely in their target demo for NYT Cooking, but I haven't even heard of it. I already subscribe to Cook's Illustrated and visit sites like Serious Eats regularly; how is it I didn't know about their new venture?

(http://cooking.nytimes.com/ looks amazing, by the way. I'm disappointed I had to hear about it in the context of these job cuts.)

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Re:The New York Times’ App Plan Isn’t Working, So It’s Layin... by yupmetoo on Wednesday October 01, 2014 @08:10PM (#8398659)

I found it extremely easy to become a subscriber via an online webform, but far more difficult to cancel as you have to do it via phone call with someone paid to keep you subscribing.

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