NYT: Our Paywall Won't Repel Bloggers' Awesome Links

Anyone who might have been wringing their hands about a dropoff in traffic that might accompany The New York Times‘ metered-model paywall can rest easy. Peter Kafka of AllThings Digital reports that the Times‘ paywall will be super friendly to blogs and the inbound links they generate.

Writes Kafka:

Because that theory requires New York Times (NYT) management to work hard to scare away bloggers and other linkers (from Twitter, Facebook, etc.). But the Times says it’s going to make the commonsense move of encouraging links to the site.

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