The New York Times has decided to abandon its TimesSelect paid service.

Now we can all read MoDo, Friedman and all the rest of the extreme left-wing media employed by the NYT of charge.

The New York Times will stop charging for access to parts of its Web site, effective at midnight tonight.

The move comes two years to the day after The Times began the subscription program, TimesSelect, which has charged $49.95 a year, or $7.95 a month, for online access to the work of its columnists and to the newspaper’s archives. TimesSelect has been free to print subscribers to The Times and to some students and educators.

In addition to opening the entire site to all readers, The Times will also make available its archives from 1987 to the present without charge, as well as those from 1851 to 1922, which are in the public domain. There will be charges for some material from the period 1923 to 1986, and some will be free.

The Times said the project had met expectations, drawing 227,000 paying subscribers — out of 787,000 over all — and generating about $10 million a year in revenue.

“But our projections for growth on that paid subscriber base were low, compared to the growth of online advertising,” said Vivian L. Schiller, senior vice president and general manager of the site, NYTimes.com.

I used to always get a sleazy feeling after reading MoDo and was happy to not see her in print. I think I’ve broken the MoDo habit for good.

While MoDo made me angry Friedman just made me sleepy.

If they paid me to read the newspaper on a regular basis I would say the price is still too high.