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The New York Times will now charge for past episodes of its popular podcasts


The Daily will offer only three free episodes now.

The Times announced today that it’ll now offer a podcast subscription service through Spotify and Apple for $6 a month, or $50 per year, but it’s also erecting a paywall for all archived episodes. “The goal” is to reinvest the new subscription revenue back into “more journalism and more shows,” Times director of audio Paula Szuchman tells The Hollywood Reporter. In that interview, Times head of subscription growth Ben Cotton also suggested the “only the most recent episodes are free” model might evolve:

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