100,000 are paying so far

A couple of weeks ago, I had a story about the New York Times instituting a paywall on their website.  To access all of the content, you had to pay a minimum of $35 a month.  The first 20 articles were free to everyone, after that, open your wallet.  Well, after 3 weeks, the first numbers are in.  100,000 people are paying.  Although those numbers seem encouraging, they are not.  Revenue at the Times company, the New York Times parent company, fell 3.6%.  The Times is hoping to get at least 300,000 subscribers by the end of the year.  Odds are that they will fall short.  If you want to access all the content for free, try this link to a toolbar add-on that will get you around the limit.