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Will decide on method next month.

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Enjoy The New York Times website for free while you still can: According to The Telegraph, The New York Times will decide on a model for charging its online readers for content next month. Scott Heekin-Canedy, the president and general manager of The New York Times Media Group, says that he is deciding between two models—a “metered model,” which will give access without charge for a certain number of page views, and a “membership model,” which will make certain privileges and services available to paying readers. Heekin-Candey ruled out a micropayment system.

Read it at The Telegraph