Subscription Model Progress and Update

Because some of you have asked — out of concern or curiosity or both — and because we’ve been so open about this transition, we wanted to provide an update on how the subscription model has been working out. Now that it has been a full four weeks it seems like a good time to do so. 1. Number of subscribers As of this writing we are at 7,500+ subscribers. This number is both amazing but also a long shot from the 300,000+ average unique visitors per month we have had in the past year — more on this in #3 below — which is not a complaint in the least but important to highlight in this context. Of these 7,500 subscribers, 79% are on an annual subscription and 21% on monthly. Within those 7,500 we have provided 93 free-access requests — we can accommodate more of these, so, please, if for