This week, the WSJ newsstand price goes up to $1.50. Today, the NYT "suggested" newsstand price rises to $1.25. We talked about whether this would happen before (and at what intervals), and now it has. These rate hikes were announced in June, with the WSJ announcing its price increase a week ahead of the NYT announcement. Of course, it's interesting to think about why the NYT chose not to go to $1.50.
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1. Posted by D. Daniel Sokol on July 16, 2007 @ 7:47 | Permalink
The other big question is how long before the NY Times website starts adding certain portions of its coverage to its premium service and perhaps even moving to an FT/WSJ model of charging for an on-line subscription. Traditional newspapers and their business model are in trouble.
2. Posted by Fred Tung on July 16, 2007 @ 12:03 | Permalink
In case this is not common knowledge, WSJ and NYT do offer academic rates, and NYT just reduced theirs by a bunch. I used to pay $32 for 4 weeks of weekend delivery; now I pay $13. You can get the reduced academic rate just by calling.
3. Posted by Jake on July 16, 2007 @ 20:05 | Permalink
WSJ has been squeezing their loyal subscriber base for some time. The print edition gets smaller and smaller, while content more and more migrates to WSJ.com. After writing letters of protest to the publisher for several years, without getting a reply, I finally broke down and bought a WSJ.com subscription a few months ago. Whether I renew my WSJ print subscription is up in the air. Not having a hard copy WSJ on the train to work would be tough, however.
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