Re: Sun Time now has a pay wall

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From: Cydrome Leader
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:42

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Kristian M Zoerhoff <zoerhoff@sdf.org> wrote:
> On 2011-12-19, Mark Anderson <mea@nospambradnylion.com> wrote:
>> I hadn't heard any news about this.  Here's a popup I just got for 
>> trying to read a Sun Times article.  I like the Sun Times but not sure 
>> if I'll read more than 20 of their articles/month.  
> 
> The Daily Herald's was broken within a week (I have a bookmarklet if I need 
> it). I'm sure the Sun-Times' won't last long, either, unless they actually 
> set up completely separate servers for free vs. paid content. Anything based 
> on cookies or IP addresses is just window dressing.

I think I'd pay for this if there were NO ads of any sort at all once you 
login.

Other than that, newspapers are stupid, like the airlines and they all 
deserve to fail.

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Subject: Re: Sun Time now has a pay wall
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