{"id":506983,"date":"2010-04-02T12:03:57","date_gmt":"2010-04-02T16:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"tag:contentnext.com,2010-04-02:article\/419-nyt-raises-e-edition-rates-by-33-percent-but-hey-first-ipad-app-free"},"modified":"2010-04-02T12:03:57","modified_gmt":"2010-04-02T16:03:57","slug":"nyt-raises-e-edition-rates-by-33-percent-but-hey-first-ipad-app-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/506983","title":{"rendered":"NYT Raises E-Edition Rates By 33 Percent But, Hey, First iPad App Free"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Subscribers to the New York Times<\/em> E-Edition, an exact digital replica of the print version, got word today that rates are being hiked to $19.99 a month— a 33.4 percent increase from $14.99. That’s the same price the New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT<\/a>) flagship is charging for the Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS<\/a>) eNewspaper version<\/a> and could well be set to match the paper plans to charge when it launches its promised paid iPad app. That makes the NYT<\/i> on Kindle a bargain at $13.99. Could it be headed for a price increase, too?\n<\/p>\n

The increase is effective today for new subscriptions but doesn’t kick into effect for current subscribers until October 1. The $19.99 ($239 a year) is for seven days a week; it’s $14.99 (nearly $180 a year) a month for Monday-Friday. By comparison, an NYC metro print sub runs $11.70 a week for seven days—50 percent less for 12 weeks if the sub sets up automated credit card billing. That’s about $46 a month or $608 a year so the e-versions work out to a substantial discount from full-freight print and a slight discount from the half-price offer. Home delivery rates are higher outside New York.<\/p>\n

iPad debut, plans<\/b>: Meanwhile, the NYT<\/i>  first news iPad hit the iTunes store today, the free NYT Editors Choice<\/i> with a limited selection of automatically updated news, features, videos, etc. laid out with a newspapery feel and offline reading capability; it’s sponsored exclusively at launch by Chase Sapphire. The paper’s announcement<\/a> includes a promise that a “full, paid” app is on the way.\n<\/p>\n

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