[Web4lib] New York Times opens TimesSelect to .edu for free

[Paul R. Pival]

Rich et al, actually it's not just .edu addresses - I just successfully 
registered with my ucalgary.ca address, so it's either *really* an honor 
system, and/or they have a list of schools outside the US they 
recognize.  Either way, you can apparently add however million users of 
higher ed in Canada to your 15.9 million count...  (looks like just over 
1 million students here, plus however many faculty/staff...)

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Richard Wiggins wrote:
> The New York Times is opening TimesSelect for free to people who register
> from a .edu address.
>
> I bet they are going to see a lot more leakage than they realize.  
> They are
> calling it an honor system but I can see a grey or even black market 
> in .edu
> mailboxes for people who want to read The Times online for free.  
> There are
> 15.9 million college students in the U.S., and countless alums with .edu
> addresses, not to mention moms and dads who just will ask junior to 
> sign 'em
> up.   The Times is down to 1M paid daily subscribers.
>
> /rich
>
> ...TimesSelect will be available for free to all registered college 
> students
> and faculty with a .edu in their e-mail addresses. TimesSelect is
> NYTimes.com's paid offering that provides exclusive access to 22 
> columnists
> of The Times and the International Herald Tribune as well as an array of
> other services, including access to The Times's archives, advance 
> previews
> of various sections and tools for tracking and storing news and 
> information.
> Current student subscribers will receive pro-rated refunds for their
> previously paid subscriptions. College students interested in registering
> for free TimesSelect subscriptions should go to
> www.nytimes.com/universityfor more information.
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