Little more than a week after the announcement, the New York Times (NYT) website pay wall activates Monday, limiting nonsubscribers to only 20 free articles a month. Much skepticism remains, however, with apparent loopholes galore. The Times launched its pay wall in Canada on March 17 and, already, enterprising web savants have designed programs to circumvent the code. Will the hotly anticipated attempt at monetizing the online content of the NYT be DOA?
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