NYTimes.com Paywall Picture About To Get Much Clearer

I’ve seen a lot of wishful thinking recently, some of it here, that the New York Times (NYSE: NYT) brass will wake up and suddenly decide not to switch on the meters at NYTimes.com. Don’t hold your breath. The NYT’s paywall intentions—telegraphed more than a year ago and repeated with various levels of detail since—are very clear and the plans are close to being announced, possibly as early as...