Local community newspaper Miami Today is unveiling a new "E-Paper" next week, which will offer the entire news and advertising content days before its printed paper reaches your door.
Thing is...the old MiamiTodayNews.com allowed readers to view all articles free of charge, and only charged a few dollars to obtain stories older than seven days. The new Miami Today "E-Paper" will only offer a few select articles for your reading pleasure free of charge, and all the new and improved "good stuff" is only available to subscribers.
Subscribers will be able to read articles in text or newspaper view, save articles into a personal electronic news clipping file, listen to articles read aloud, receive the e-paper on a mobile phone, and even receive the e-paper as a podcast or RSS feed.
Not bad for a small, local paper, who's now decided to ride the multi-media wave. But, kind of bad for me who used to enjoy the online edition and its former, limited amenities for free. Though subscribing to the E-paper will only cost you $30 a year, I wonder if their loyal readers will still want to pay to view the new and improved site.
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How about you? Will YOU pay? (I won't!)
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