It’s about fucking time! Not that I read the New York Times online a whole lot, but now and again someone links to an article that I would like to read. Nothing is worse than clicking a link and going to a page that denies you the ability to read the contents and requires you to get a subscription. It sucks. If it’s something that I really wanted to read I’ll post on a forum to ask if anyone does have a subscription and then copy / paste the article in an email to me. I think I’ve used that method twice.

The New York Times Co. plans to stop charging Internet users for access to its columnists and Op-Ed pieces on a section of its Web site known as TimesSelect, The New York Post reported on Tuesday.

The premium service charges Web-only readers nearly $8 per month to read some of the Times’ most well-known columnists such as Maureen Down and Thomas Friedman.

Yahoo News does not say when the Times will end subscriptions, unleashing all the content as free.

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