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May 1, 2008
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- Ojala, Marydee
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The fee/free debate shows no signs of abating. In recent months, some radical changes in digital content financial models have surfaced--with the NYTimes.com last August moving its Times Select to the free world from behind its fee-based curtain; Elsevier announcing OncologySTAT, an ad-supported portal for scientists; and Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. vacillating on whether to make wsj.com fee or free. Reed Elsevier put its trade press unit up for sale, worried about the cyclical nature of advertising. Haworth Press, acquired by Taylor & Francis, suddenly wants extra money for the online segment of its journals, previously bundled with the print product. (For Peter Jacso's views ...