Times: Website becomes chargeable
Rupert Murdoch is getting serious: The Times of London website is to become the first online service from the News Corp. empire to be completely paid for.
In addition to the Times, its sister paper the Sunday Times is apparently also to disappear behind a paywall on the Internet, as Spiegel online writes. From next spring, 24-hour access to the website will cost the equivalent of one euro, the same price as the paper version. In return, readers will not only receive an e-paper of the current daily newspaper - which the Times already offers for 2.50 British pounds - but also a news website that is updated throughout the day. There will also be an Internet subscription for the Times - but the cost of this is still unknown.
Times editor-in-chief James Harding announced the news at a conference of the British Society of Editors. The Guardian had already speculated shortly beforehand that the move towards a completely paid-for service at the Times could be imminent.
According to the specialist service Paidcontent.org, the Times and Sunday Times will each have their own websites. According to the report, it was still unclear whether the Sunday Times would also disappear completely or only in parts behind a paywall. It was also unclear what would happen there for the rest of the week.
Times editor-in-chief James Harding announced the news at a conference of the British Society of Editors. The Guardian had already speculated shortly beforehand that the move towards a completely paid-for service at the Times could be imminent.
According to the specialist service Paidcontent.org, the Times and Sunday Times will each have their own websites. According to the report, it was still unclear whether the Sunday Times would also disappear completely or only in parts behind a paywall. It was also unclear what would happen there for the rest of the week.
