Free NYT for Students, Teachers

The New York Times has announced that anyone with a .edu email suffix will be given access to ‘Times Select’ the subscription section of the NYT website. From Editor and Publisher:

“It’s part of our journalistic mission to get people talking on campuses,” says Vivian Schiller, senior vice president and general manager at NYTimes.com. “We wanted to open that up so that college students and professors can have a dialogue.”

It’s now part of our journalistic mission to pretend we’re still in college. —MEGHANN MARCO

‘NYT’ Opening TimesSelect to Students and Teachers for Free [Editor & Publisher via Freakonomics Blog]

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