Not everyone was thrilled about Newsday's switch to paid online content last week, as longtime columnist Saul Friedman has left the paper over its decision. Initially, the move to charge $5 a week went mostly unnoticed, since the company granted free access to subscribers of the paper and/or Cablevision, who make up most of its readership. Not so, says Friedman, who lives in Washington and is neither a Newsday subscriber nor a Cablevision customer. He left in protest believing it would 'impossible' for people outside Long Island to read his column, himself included. [NYT]
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