The April Fools fun just keeps on going and going. It looks like The Huffington Post it looking to raise a few eyebrows.
The popular new AOL-owned site has put up a paywall that only applies to employees of the New York Times.
The paywall message reads:
Dear New York Times Employee, thank you for visiting The Huffington Post!
We hope you’ve enjoyed your one free article this month.
As you may know, we are now charging New York Times employees for unlimited access to our content. You can come back next month for another free article or choose one of our NYT Employee Digital Subscription Plans ®.
In our most popular plan, Times employees can view the first 6 letters of each word at no charge (including slideshows of adorable kittens). After 6 letters, we will ask you to become a digital subscriber.
Subscribing is quick and easy.
In an interesting twist, the Huffington Post’s payment server, which is named April Fools, seems to be offline.
Get full coverage here: April Fools Day
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- HuffPo Announces It Will Charge NYT Employees A Fee To Read The Site (businessinsider.com)
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