Many universities offer alumni "permanent" email addresses which can be forwarded to other addresses. In my case I have an "alum.mit.edu" address. Just for the heck of it, I used it a few minutes ago to sign up for TimesSelect (I had to lie about my graduation year). It worked.
Not that I'm really interested in reading the TimeSelect content; I was just curious if they are effectively opening it up to alumni as well.
Pfft...I just tried to register my alumni.uchicago.edu address and received: "The e-mail address you provided is not eligible to receive a discounted subscription at this time."
Ann Althouse said... yetanotherjohn: I have had a subscription to the paper NYT for more than 20 years. I never paid extra for TimesSelect.
In fact, you were presumably paid by TS as a TS columnist last week.
Didn't you used to sneer at TS as counterproductive and self-defeating...until you went over to the dark side of the pay wall? Haven't heard a peep from you on the topic lately .
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And on March 14, the New York Times will discover what today's college students think of copyright law!
Many universities offer alumni "permanent" email addresses which can be forwarded to other addresses. In my case I have an "alum.mit.edu" address. Just for the heck of it, I used it a few minutes ago to sign up for TimesSelect (I had to lie about my graduation year). It worked.
Not that I'm really interested in reading the TimeSelect content; I was just curious if they are effectively opening it up to alumni as well.
This was covered over on MetaFilter a couple days ago. Check the comments: people had various results.
(Personally, I've been reading Times Select articles for months through my univ's LexisNexis access)
Pfft...I just tried to register my alumni.uchicago.edu address and received: "The e-mail address you provided is not eligible to receive a discounted subscription at this time."
-kd
Sure, you register and give them your .edu email address, and I get enough spam there already, thankyouverymuch.
yetanotherjohn: I have had a subscription to the paper NYT for more than 20 years. I never paid extra for TimesSelect.
Ann Althouse said...
yetanotherjohn: I have had a subscription to the paper NYT for more than 20 years. I never paid extra for TimesSelect.
In fact, you were presumably paid by TS as a TS columnist last week.
Didn't you used to sneer at TS as counterproductive and self-defeating...until you went over to the dark side of the pay wall? Haven't heard a peep from you on the topic lately .
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