But you can get it all for free at 
www.nytimes.com which is the problem.
There's no point in paying for print or an e-reader version for most people, even if they want to read the Times.
And I'd hardly call newspapers on an e-reader a better medium.  The smaller size of even the large screen readers like the DX is still just too small to emulate the actual newspaper reading experience.  I prefer website versions to e-reader versions personally.