The New York Times for a Nickel, the Pat Kiernan Generation and the Daily's App Identity Problem

One of the more foreseeable consequences of the erection of The New York Times paywall -- which, by the way, most definitely needs a nickname -- is the carnivalesque atmosphere it's loosed in the digital media world. All sorts of rogues have gathered in the wall's shadow, doling out simple little hacks in an effort to subvert the $40 million barrier. Some were designed to simply screw with the Times; some were more strategic.