NY Times Charges Fee for Online News

The New York Times announced they will soon charge non subscribers for heavy use for attaining news on their website. The company will continue to provide free content for a limiting number of articles and print subscribers will continue to have free access to the site. Under the new metered model, a viewer can read a certain number of articles per month free before being charged a flat fee. This is a similar model to The Financial Times. The exact cost was not confirmed. Note, the NYTimes is one of the most popular newspaper site in the country (over 17 million readers) . The Times will begin charging in January 2011.