Internet activists, perhaps today's new generation of hippies

Internet activists, perhaps today's new generation of hippies, often chant the mantra that "information wants to be free."
The New York Times may have silenced some of them on Thursday. The venerable news outlet announced that 100,000 people had signed up for digital subscriptions in the first month since they were offered.
The Times erected a pay wall on its site March 28, forcing readers to subscribe if they wanted to click on more than 20 articles per month. The digital plans range from $15 to $35 for four weeks of access, depending on which device you want to read the articles on. An early promotion let subscribers pay 99 cents per week.
So, 100,000 new digital subscriptions in four weeks for the nation's third-largest newspaper -- is that an impressive figure?
"If you're The New York Times, no," said Alex Daley, an analyst for Casey Research. "The New York Times is the Apple of the journalism world," he added.




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