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Readers may soon have to start paying to read the New York Times online, according to several sources. While the Old Gray Lady made headlines in 2007 for putting all its content online, including archives, free to everyone, the company now has a change of heart, or so says New York Magazine's...

Former New York Times film critic Elvis Mitchell, now a host on Turner Classic Movies' "Under the Influence," is reportedly in big trouble with the IRS: The agency claims he owes half a million bucks in back taxes. The Detroit News breaks it down: The IRS filed a $91,968 lien against Mitchell...

Financial writer Shelby White posed an interesting question to the wise girls at wowOwow.com, and we wish to ask the same question to the smart and savvy readers at WalletPop:Is there a bonus bias on Wall Street? White argues that although it's hard to find statistical data that lays out bonuses...

In a thought-provoking column in Jeffrey Tierney's blog, Geoffrey Miller, author of a new book on consumer behavior, asked readers to make two lists; one of the 10 most expensive items they'd ever paid for (including services, experiences, taxes, divorce settlements, etc.) and one of the 10 things...

On NPR, a woman told a reporter that her boss was laying off colleagues she just didn't like -- and perhaps couldn't fire legally if she told them the true reason (i.e., gender, not attractive enough, etc.) telling them "it's the economy." While this surely is the extreme end of the unethical...

In the coming years, many books will be written about the subprime fiasco -- most of them reported from the outside of the bubble looking in. If the authors look close enough, they might see Edmund L. Andrews staring back out at them. It will be hard for any chronicle of the bubble to match the...

Ah, Sunday morning! It's nearly upon us again. The languid wake-up. The mocha java. The nova and cream cheese. The tangy mimosa. The New York Times. The New York Times Magazine. The New York Times Magazine's Money Issue. The glance at the table of contents. The flipping ahead. The credit and credit...

You can go to the New York Times' LIving With Less section in the paper -- or on on the web -- but you actually get a lot more out of the tips from readers following the Twitter feed of @livingwithless which serves as a 24-hour unsolicited help line for saving money. On the paper's section page,...

In today's New York Times, Patricia Cohen explored the growing perception among university students and administrators that the humanities are of questionable value in a world where technological advancement is the measure of progress and economic stability. As she noted, many universities are...

The news that the mighty New York Times is in deep financial trouble only accentuates what I believe will become a silent crisis in the next few years -- the lack of professionally researched, reliable news. When newspapers fold, where will you turn for in-depth information about happenings in your...