Starting in September, some of the nation's most influential op-ed voices will disappear from the blogosphere, including Tom Friedman, Maureen Dowd, Nicholas Kristof, Paul Krugman, Frank Rich, David Brooks, Bob Herbert, Gretchen Morgenson, and more.

The New York Times is not downsizing. All of these authors will still have jobs in September. But online access to their columns will require a $50 annual subscription fee.

To entice readers to pay for this content, several extras are being tossed into the offer. Foremost among the extras is access to the archives.

"We're happy to see The New York Times acknowledging the importance of subscription-based revenue that we have long seen as a key element," said Todd Larsen of the Wall Street Journal.

Will you subscribe? Or will you say goodbye to Tom Friedman?

Think of the children!

NYTimes.com to Offer Subscription Service