Jeff Berkowitz <[email protected]> wrote: There is an interesting update on Krivit's site - about the site itself, > not about LENR.
Don't be shy! Tell us what it says. Here: http://newenergytimes.com/ QUOTE: Major Site Re-Design and New Subscription Service Launch Sept. 1, 2012 Dear Readers, I am pleased to announce that, on Sept. 15, we will launch a major re-design of the New Energy Times Web site and News Service. We will also start our new subscription service then. Where We've Been I started New Energy Times 12 years ago after I learned, to my great surprise, that researchers were still pursuing the mysteries of low-energy nuclear reactions. . . . Because New Energy Times is a primary journalistic resource on LENRs, our expertise has been sought by and provided to the American Nuclear Society, American Chemical Society, Royal Society of Chemistry, Wiley and Sons (publisher of the Nuclear Energy Encyclopedia), . . . Where We're Going Over the years, we have attracted the generous support of philanthropists who recognized our work and helped us in our early development. We are switching to a subscriber-based service and will continue to provide cutting-edge, in-depth reporting to our readers. We will continue our mission to investigate, analyze, educate, and report on the progress of new, sustainable, and environmentally friendly energy sources and research, primarily LENRs. After Sept. 15, most of our feature articles and exclusive news content will be available to subscribers only. You will be able to read the first paragraph or two of all articles, but then the articles for subscribers will display a lock icon and a login prompt. Once you log in, the full article will become visible. . . . END QUOTE Summary: He is going to subscription mode. I think it may be a little early for that. I doubt that people will pay for information on cold fusion. At this point we still have to beg people to read it. I have not seen an upsurge in traffic at LENR-CANR.org that indicates people are now more interested than they were a year ago. I could be wrong, but my guess is that you will not find more than ~100 people willing to pay for information. The thing is, most people interested in the field get all the information they want, from LENR-CANR.org, iscmns.org and the various newsletters about Rossi, which seem to be multiplying like rabbits. As they say, on the Internet, information wants to be free. - Jed
