As a newcomer to the blogging world, I took some time to look around and investigate before I wrote my post. What I found was something very interesting, in our major we often hear about how the newspaper industry is dying out and how they need to create new ways to embrace the internet in order to survive and that exactly what The New York Times seems to be doing.
The New York Times has the Times reader 2.0 which is powered through Adobe Air. It is a digital edition which is "delivered" to your computer daily for $3.45 a week. Now im sure that a lot of people are skeptical about this what makes is so unique, why not just browse the articles free online? or maybe your thinking that there are things that only the actual paper can offer you...
The Times 2.0 is compatible with Mac, Windows, and Linux. The paper is downloaded to you computer and after that you don't need the internet and you can take the file with you. You can choose how you browse the paper, look by headline, section, even by images! If you connect to the web you can get a constant update and browse image and video galleries. You can even do the crossword puzzle on your digital copy of The New York Times.
Still not sold? While there has been a lot of negative feed back, as we even discussed in class, it seems that the newspaper is the perfect thing to go digital. Its not as long as a book so you don't have to worry about your eyes getting tired. Having the capability to connect to the internet and see the updates as they happen instead of waiting for the next days paper. Also you have a weeks worth of archived papers at a time so you can go back and catch up if you weren't able to read through the whole paper in the day.
If you look at the cost to get the paper delivered 7 days its at least $5.85 if you commit to 12 weeks of subscription so your even saving money!
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