NYTimes.com Couldn't Cope With Bin Laden Traffic

Some readers couldn't access stories

Last night, those visitors to The New York Times' website who were eagerly hunting for news about Osama bin Laden’s demise may have hit a wall. It wasn’t the new digital paywall, though. Instead, NYTimes.com experienced a glitch "entirely related to an unprecedented surge in traffic," said Eileen Murphy, the Times’ vice president for corporate communications.

Starting shortly after the news broke that bin Laden had been killed, and continuing on for a period of about 30 minutes, users who were not logged into the Times’ site were unable to access articles.

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