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NY Times confirms 'paywall' usage limits beginning 2011
The New York Times Wednesday confirmed reports that it would introduce a "metered model" to its website, formally announcing plans to introduce "a paid model for NYTimes.com at the beginning of 2011."
Under the metered model, the newspaper's website "will offer users free access to a set number of articles per month and then charge users once they exceed that number."
"This will enable NYTimes.com to create a second revenue stream and preserve its robust advertising business," the announcement said. "It will also provide the necessary flexibility to keep an appropriate ratio between free and paid content and stay connected to a search-driven Web."