New York Times Offers Free Spotify Service to Boost Subscribers
- Joint online news and music subscription costs $5 per week
- Publisher seeking to maintain momentum after subscriber surge
NYT's CEO Thompson Expects a 'Great Year for News'
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New York Times Co., looking for ways to persuade readers to pay for news, is working with Spotify Ltd. to give new digital subscribers to the newspaper free access to the world’s largest music-streaming service.
Readers who buy one-year online subscriptions to the Times will also get unlimited access to Spotify’s premium service, which costs $120 annually, the companies said Wednesday.