Times' Talking Heads Just Didn't Cut It

BOSTON -- In the jungle of journalism, there are few bigger beasts than the lions of the New York Times'(NYT Quote) op-ed page.

Maureen Dowd. Thomas Friedman. David Brooks. Paul Krugman.

So it says something that you can't even charge for their writings these days.

Speculation mounted this week that Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger is about to pull the plug on his two-year venture, TimesSelect, that kept his Op-Ed page and certain other features behind an online subscription wall. ...