I have had a paid subscription for some time, and I can't get on the print version. It keeps coming up ERROR. Maybe they are still in the transition stages. We'll see tomorrow morning.
Ha - this oughta be a REAL smooth transition. Good job Judy. Oh wait - you're home in Saratoga all comfy prolly in bed, you have no clue what the chimps in the cage are doing, do you?
This morning, the announcement of the new "limited to subscribers only" website is gone - all articles are posted, in full - and it seems even more jam packed than before.
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Welcome to our new Web site.
The site has been redesigned, with a new look and new features. But I think the biggest change this morning is the amount of local news you'll find here.
We limited the stories we posted on our previous Web site to the bigger stories of the day. Now, we'll try to post more of the stories our reporters write each day. As you'll see, they're a productive bunch.
Daily Gazette begins charging for online content today Monday, August 3, 2009
The Daily Gazette's Web site has a new look, new features and new restrictions on access beginning today.
Subscribers to our print edition, and to our existing electronic edition, will have full access to the new site. Print subscribers won't see their costs rise, but they do need to fill out an online form to register. You can find a link to the form at the top of our home page.
If you're not a subscriber, you will still to be access some of our content, but not the local news stories, columns or opinion pieces.
If you need help this morning, call our Circulation Department at 395-3060 or email us at help@dailygazette.net.
We've posted some basic information, including a link to a list of frequently asked questions, here .
Because I already have a paid subscription, things were as usual for me. The only change is that I have to log-in before I get the full on-line version. I always had to log-in for the print version. So basically, nothing has changed for me.
"Editor" Patrick is single handedly undoing all the wonderful work of so many at the Gazetto. She has no business sense.
There was a final online poll-85% thought it was stunad to pay for on line content. They seem to forget that the great Albany TU website is free. The average age of the Gazatto reader is 75. They brought back some younger readers online and now are chasing them away.
MT could not be more correct. Neither could County Resident. The way the ad revenues are collapsing-doubt the Gazetto can survive this last idiotic move.
Newspaper: Daily Gazette City: Schenectady, New York Average paid circulation: 44,242
Pricing plan: Online-only subscriptions are available for $2.95 a week; while print subscribers, who pay $3.00 a week for home delivery, can pay an additional penny each week to also get unlimited access to the website as well as to an electronic edition. Blogs, AP stories, TV schedules, photo galleries, and breaking news remain free.
When pay wall was introduced: August 2009, although the paper was already charging readers to access the electronic edition
Results: Website traffic has plummeted by 40 percent in the three weeks since the Gazette started charging for most of its online content, including obituaries, managing editor Judy Patrick tells us. But she says “online subscriptions are slowly building.” There are 670 online-only subscribers.
Comment: The Gazette competes with the nearby Albany Times Union, which makes all of its content available for free, although it does charge 75 cents to access a digital copy of the paper. It’s too early to tell how the Times Union’s traffic has fared.
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"Editor" Patrick is single handedly undoing all the wonderful work of so many at the Gazetto. She has no business sense. 
