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SteveHardeman · 03-26-2010, 10:29 AM

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...-charging.html

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Good journalism has to be paid for, just as we have to pay for the plumber who fixes a leak, or it will not survive.

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ONLINE readers will be charged £2 a week to read The Times and The Sunday Times on the web from June, News International announced today.

Both titles will launch new websites in early May, separating their digital presence for the first time and replacing the existing combined site, Times Online.

The sites will be available for a free trial period to registered customers, the company said.

From June, customers will be able to view www.thetimes.co.uk and www.thesundaytimes.co.uk, for a charge of £1 for a day's access or £2 for a week's subscription.

Payment will give readers access to both sites. The weekly subscription will also give access to certain new applications.

Use of the digital services will be included in the seven-day subscriptions of print customers to The Times and The Sunday Times.

Rebekah Brooks, chief executive of The Sun's parent company News International, said: "At a defining moment for journalism, this is a crucial step towards making the business of news an economically exciting proposition.

"We are proud of our journalism and unashamed to say that we believe it has value.

"This is just the start. The Times and The Sunday Times are the first of our four titles in the UK to move to this new approach."

Writing today in The Sun, veteran BBC broadcaster John Humphrys backed the move to charge readers for online content.

He said: "Good journalism has to be paid for, just as we have to pay for the plumber who fixes a leak, or it will not survive.

"And let's be clear: we have the best papers in the world. Full stop. I want to keep it that way."

He added: "You might expect me to worry more about the survival of the BBC but, love and respect it though I do, newspapers matter even more to a robust system of democracy."

Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...#ixzz0jIwBa8QS

moeloubani · 03-26-2010, 10:41 AM

old fucks have no clue

J. Falcon · 03-26-2010, 10:41 AM

Fuck Rupert Murdoch.

marcop · 03-26-2010, 10:44 AM

I subscribed to the NY Times, and it then became free. They're apparently going to start charging for it again next year, in which case I won't subscribe again. It's kinda stupid to try and put the genie back in the bottle... isn't it?

SteveHardeman · 03-26-2010, 10:58 AM

The transition is no doubt going to be painful but you gotta give this guy respect for being the first, or one of the first, to do it.

sandman! · 03-26-2010, 11:03 AM

i predict failure but who knows....

Scott McD · 03-26-2010, 11:08 AM

He's fucking clueless.

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"And let's be clear: we have the best papers in the world. Full stop.

O Rly ??

v4 media · 03-26-2010, 12:21 PM

If they stick all the content that's in the weekend papers on the site it's worth the money.
I like the podcasts the times does, so if I have to pay for them I will.

DamianJ · 03-26-2010, 12:31 PM

The Sun. Lol.

Serial Pervert · 03-26-2010, 12:55 PM

great deep throat's gif, bro

Stephen · 03-26-2010, 01:48 PM

I blogged about this today as part of the Push for Paid Content

http://xbiz.com/blogs/118960

Go Rupert!

SteveHardeman · 03-26-2010, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Stephen

I blogged about this today as part of the Push for Paid Content

http://xbiz.com/blogs/118960

Go Rupert!

Nice article. I don't really read xbiz ever. Maybe I should start.

GrouchyAdmin · 03-26-2010, 02:55 PM

Why pay for it when you can have your shills copy/paste whatever the AP had on Yahoo and syndicate it on a forum?

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