Patterico's Pontifications

9/17/2007

NYT Dumps TimesSelect

Filed under: General — Patterico @ 8:51 pm



We can read Maureen Dowd again for free.

Whee.

23 Responses to “NYT Dumps TimesSelect”

  1. Technically, we always could.

    That is, if your public library has an online database like Newsbank.

    A great, free, resource for other national and local titles as well.

    Itsme (a4f97b) — 9/17/2007 @ 9:26 pm

  2. Itsme,

    Yes, but we can’t go to the public library in our pajamas.

    DRJ (4725f3) — 9/17/2007 @ 9:31 pm

  3. Online database. At the library’s website. Sorry if I wasn’t clear.

    That you can do in your jammies.

    Itsme (a4f97b) — 9/17/2007 @ 9:40 pm

  4. Your library has a website? You big city folks!

    DRJ (4725f3) — 9/17/2007 @ 9:43 pm

  5. Heck, I thought most did. There are all kindsa databases…some have ProQuest or InfoTrac instead of Newsbank, some link directly to big papers like the NYT. Not to mention academic databases, literary journals, etc.

    Libraries are getting plugged in, man!

    Itsme (a4f97b) — 9/17/2007 @ 9:46 pm

  6. You’re in California, right?

    Ya gotta find something here:

    http://www.publiclibraries.com/california.htm

    Itsme (a4f97b) — 9/17/2007 @ 9:50 pm

  7. Better, we can fisk Maureen and people can follow along.

    Kevin Murphy (0b2493) — 9/17/2007 @ 10:34 pm

  8. Itsme,

    Nope, I’m in Texas. I searched to be sure but my local library does not have a website, so it’s a good thing the NY Times decided to restore free online access.

    DRJ (4725f3) — 9/17/2007 @ 10:42 pm

  9. Hmm, not even a county library website?

    Something to nag them for, eh?

    Itsme (a4f97b) — 9/17/2007 @ 10:55 pm

  10. Yikes,

    Texas is near the bottom on library fundin’

    http://www.statemaster.com/graph/edu_pub_lib_cap_exp_percap-libraries-capital-expenditures-per-capita

    That may explain the lack of…a website.

    alphie (99bc18) — 9/17/2007 @ 10:58 pm

  11. I’d think websites would be pretty cost-effective. But what do I know.

    Itsme (a4f97b) — 9/17/2007 @ 11:00 pm

  12. Life is about priorities. For instance, our area high school football teams have websites.

    DRJ (4725f3) — 9/17/2007 @ 11:02 pm

  13. Friday night lights, huh.

    Itsme (a4f97b) — 9/17/2007 @ 11:09 pm

  14. We always had it for free, because my lovely wife likes the dead-tree version and we subscribe. (She avoids the news sections, of course.)

    Now that they’ve taken away our freebie, what do we get from them? I mean, besides the usual garbage.

    Attila (Pillage Idiot) (d55cc7) — 9/18/2007 @ 5:56 am

  15. Texas State Library Commission has a web site that links all state libraries via the internet. You need to be a registered library patron to recieve a password. TSL provides Infotrac plus a large number of other services for home users.

    tmac (0c909a) — 9/18/2007 @ 6:19 am

  16. You mean they won’t pay me to read Dowd? Bummer.

    Thomas Jackson (bf83e0) — 9/18/2007 @ 8:15 am

  17. Tmac,

    I think they call it Tex-Net. I registered through my local community college. You also get access to the libraries of all state colleges. It’s pretty cool. Like I said, it’s about priorities.

    DRJ (8b9d41) — 9/18/2007 @ 8:50 am

  18. What were the names of the columnists that have been released from Siberia again? I forgot … Krug something? Maury Dude something?

    Robin Roberts (6c18fd) — 9/18/2007 @ 9:04 am

  19. Aaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh !

    Now we will be forced to endure the Left quoting Krugman as though he is some sort of authority again. A more mendacious fellow, I do not know.

    JD (f6a000) — 9/18/2007 @ 9:11 am

  20. Dowd has never been worth any amount of money to read and most certainly isn’t worth any amount of time, either. This is the same woman who blames her singleness on the fact that men cannot deal with her position of power at the NYT while asking ‘Are Men Necessary’…

    Free or not, until I have a birdcage that needs lining….

    Dana (b4a26c) — 9/18/2007 @ 9:48 am

  21. Just what the entire country has been clamoring for–unlimited access to Frank Rich, Krugperson, MoDo, and Bob Herbert. Pinch Sulzberger, what a genius!

    Stu707 (adbb5a) — 9/18/2007 @ 10:02 am

  22. Has there ever been a story that Herbert could not find an angle where some white Christian male was being a racist?

    JD (f6a000) — 9/18/2007 @ 12:44 pm

  23. Looks like the NEW YORK SLIMES is deserately trying to get more subcribers since they have lost quite a few WELL I WONT SUBCRIBE TO THE NEW YORK SLIMES

    krazy kagu (e08c0e) — 9/19/2007 @ 12:24 pm


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