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I just received this via e-mail:

Thursday, May 29, 2003 — 1:15 PM ET
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Dear Breaking News Alerts subscriber:

In an effort to improve the performance of NYTimes.com we’ve
made significant technical improvements to the site and its
e-mail products. During this period we were forced to suspend
the breaking news e-mail alerts that you signed up for, but
I’m happy to report that they’ll be available once again as a
part of our new Times News Tracker subscription service.

Times News Tracker lets you keep tabs on the news and
information that’s relevant to your world with a convenient
set of tools and services. With Times News Tracker you’ll
never miss a story from The New York Times that’s important
to you because you’re in control and you decide the topics to
track.

Here’s what you’ll get as a Times News Tracker subscriber:

-The ability to track up to 10 topics simultaneously

-Your own 90-day archive of articles matching your topic
selection

-Breaking news alerts now available only to News Tracker
subscribers

Don’t delay! As a charter subscriber you’re eligible to
receive our introductory rate of $19.95 per year and you’ll
receive a $10 gift certificate to the NYT Store along with
your subscription.

Can you say, “Bad timing” boys and girls? I know you can.

 
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Ba... (chortle) bad ttt... (snicker)
Bwhahahahah!

Posted by Kathy K | May 29, 2003 | 02:56 pm | Permalink
 

News Tracker was one of the few ways I even bothered with going to the Times' website. This just means less traffic from TAM (like they'd even notice).

Posted by Sean Hackbarth | May 29, 2003 | 03:04 pm | Permalink
 

Bad timing indeed. I just rec'd that one as well.

Plus, I already get free news alerts from enough other sources that I can't imagine why I would pay for theirs. Plus, Yahoo has (or had, I stopped using it a whie ago) a similar free service.

Posted by Steven | May 29, 2003 | 03:09 pm | Permalink
 

Yup. It ain't like it's hard to get free news on the web.

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Posted by James Joyner | May 29, 2003 | 03:11 pm | Permalink
 

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