My Shrinking World of Consolidated News
Two of my favorite IVs linking me to vast sources of news headlines are cutting my supply. I know, I know, they want me to pay for me news, and I probably should, but it was just so much easier and more fun when it was free. The New York Times signed an agreement with Yahoo! yesterday to sell the Times' archived stories. Not coincidentally (I presume) the free daily NYT content disappeared from Yahoo! My home page has been set to My Yahoo for about two years now. It is chock-a-block with headlines from just about every major news outfit I can cram on there. Suddenly, I've just lost the New York Times content for business and technology. "This content is no longer available." However, I can still get "top stories" from the New York Times.

And just yesterday, I happened on click on the MSNBC channel - via AvantGo - on my Palm Pilot. "We're sorry, MSN Mobile does not offer an offline channel at this time. To experience MSN Mobile, we recommend you get a wireless modem and service or similar wireless connectivity and visit our site. …" Well, excuse me. At least all the New York Times content is still available for free through AvantGo.
- posted by Amy @ 5/17/2002 03:41:00 PM