Google News offering free 4-month New York Times trial

Google News is letting users “Try a New York Times News subscription. 4 months, for free” if they sign-up using “Subscribe with Google.”

Subscribe with Google simplifies sign-ups with automatic log-ins. This 4-month trial is for the “News” (versus “All Access”) tier. You get:

Read, watch, and listen on nytimes.com or in The New York Times app.

Listen to exclusive audio in the New York Times Audio app.

Share 10 gift articles every month.

Enjoy a 15% discount in The New York Times Store.

After that, it’s $3.99 per month (introductory) for one year and then $16.99/mo as part of the standard rate.

The email announcing this offer was not widely sent out, but the link — nytimes.com/subscription/swg-trial — is not customized.

Elsewhere, Google and The New York Times Company in February “announced an expansion of their collaboration with a multi-year commercial agreement.” It sees Google pay $100 million over three years in return for featuring NYT content across its various platforms.