Big news–the New York Times has announced that they will begin charging for digital subscriptions. This is important because they have been offering content online for free–this action may signal the beginning of a more orderly approach to paid news content. Naysayers don't like the discriminatory (by device) pricing–Apple wins, Kindle (and Nook) lose. And it's not clear what this transition will mean for the NYT's advertisers…

For more details, check out some of these articles:

NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/business/media/18times.html?_r=1&pagewanted=1&src=me

TECHCRUNCH: http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/17/nyt-digital-
pricing-dumb/

ADWEEK http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3i7738f74ea436b3bd22646acbcb677f05