Columnist Quits After Newsday Starts Charging for Its Web Site
New York Times, November 2, 2009
By Richard Perez-Pena
With news organizations struggling and newsroom jobs disappearing, each week brings new calls from writers and editors who believe their flagging employers should save themselves by charging for Internet access. So count Saul Friedman a contrarian twice over. Friedman, who had written a column for Newsday since 1996, quit over the paper's decision to require readers to pay for access to its Web site.
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