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Originally Posted by Nate the great
Why would someone get an iPad subscription when the paper sub has such greater value? Yes, the iPad is mobile, but you can get most of that content from the web with the iPad’s browser.
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It seems to depend on how you got your subscription. This article suggests that the iPad version is competitively priced - comparing a month to a month, rather than annual rates or special offers.
$29 versus $18 according to Top News
The rate for the regular online sub also seems to vary depending on how long you sign up for, but it already seems popular. From Wiki:
According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it has a circulation of 2.1 million copies (including 400,000 online paid subscriptions) as of October 2009
I couldn't nail down what the 'regular prices' were as there were so many special deals, introductory offers and so on. I did find on reference to the news-stand price adding up to close to $600 a year if you bought it day by day.
I expect they'll get takers for all the options, and won't expect to be sweeping the board with any one of them.