The NY Times does not know how to get out of it’s own way.

They are doing some deal with the iPad, which I think is not going to be the end-all-be-all that some people think it will be, but now they are putting blogs behind the paywall.  Let me get this straight, you are going to put what I can get for free about anywhere else behind the counter.  Oh, and I am pretty sure they are still going to put ads in the window as well.

Newspapers are going through some dramatic change right now and they are scrambling to find change under the cushions of the sofa in the smoking lounge.  They are charging you more as the reader, the advertiser for the privilege of less readers and the news is as stale as the donuts in the case at a gas station. 

Now, I really don’t have a plan for the NY Times, but they really need to get over themselves.  Devorak from the Leo Laporte show gave me a clue just how senseless they are.  They are a news service that sell their stories much like the AP.  So, if you see a story you want to read from them; just copy and paste the headline and you find it in about 2 dozen other online sites for free.  So, that is a great way around the “paywal”.

But, it really goes to show the shortsightedness of the Times, and I really think just how out of touch they are with middle America.

NY Times #fail

Dave