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Dear New York Times Reader,
Today marks a significant transition for The New York Times
as we introduce digital subscriptions. It’s an important step that we
hope you will see as an investment in The Times, one that will
strengthen our ability to provide high-quality journalism to readers
around the world and on any platform. The change will primarily affect
those who are heavy consumers of the content on our Web site and on
mobile applications.
This change comes in two stages. Today, we are rolling out
digital subscriptions to our readers in Canada, which will enable us to
fine-tune the customer experience before our global launch. On March
28, we will begin offering digital subscriptions in the U.S. and the
rest of the world.
If you are a home delivery subscriber of The New York Times,
you will continue to have full and free access to our news,
information, opinion and the rest of our rich offerings on your
computer, smartphone and tablet. International Herald Tribune
subscribers will also receive free access to NYTimes.com.
If you are not a home delivery subscriber, you will have
free access up to a defined reading limit. If you exceed that limit, you
will be asked to become a digital subscriber.
This is how it will work, and what it means for you:
- On NYTimes.com, you can view 20 articles each
month at no charge (including slide shows, videos and other features).
After 20 articles, we will ask you to become a digital subscriber, with
full access to our site.
- On our smartphone and tablet apps, the Top News
section will remain free of charge. For access to all other sections
within the apps, we will ask you to become a digital subscriber.
- The Times is offering three digital subscription
packages that allow you to choose from a variety of devices (computer,
smartphone, tablet). More information about these plans is available at nytimes.com/access.
- Again, all New York Times home delivery subscribers will receive free access to NYTimes.com and to all content on our apps. If you are a home delivery subscriber, go to homedelivery.nytimes.com to sign up for free access.
- Readers who come to Times articles through links from
search, blogs and social media like Facebook and Twitter will be able to
read those articles, even if they have reached their monthly reading
limit. For some search engines, users will have a daily limit of free
links to Times articles.
- The home page at NYTimes.com and all section fronts will remain free to browse for all users at all times.
For more information, go to nytimes.com/digitalfaq.
Thank you for reading The New York Times, in all its forms.
Sincerely,
Arthur Sulzberger Jr.
Publisher, The New York Times
Chairman, The New York Times Company |