[sandee]

I think, NYT and other publishers think Ipad as a possible revenue source for them. Quite different from PC ecosystem.

In future they may have their own custom app, and would like people to buy news straight from them, or they can group together the publishers to create a aggregator app, where the newspapers are making the money, instead of Tech-App Middle man.

It will take some time for them to figure out how to make this model work. Till then be prepared to get a legal assault from them on any news apps.