The Globe and Mail has launched a subscription-based online news product. Insider Edition offers enhanced features, services and news packages designed for avid globeandmail.com users. The site will also continue to provide free access to registered users who just want the basics.
Features of Insider Edition include stories from the day’s issue of The Globe, GlobeEdge personalized e-mail alerts, the GlobeWatch desktop tracker of the latest news, and enhanced archive access. There are no advertising opportunities at the moment, except those associated with the general Web site. The Globe may be looking into that possibility once it has developed its subscriber base for the new service. Meantime, cost for a subscription is $14.95 per month with an introductory rate of $9.95 until Nov. 30. Globe print subscribers can get Insider Edition for $6.95 per month.
