9 Responses to “The Times and Sunday Times: What a paywall looks like”

1. Phil Parker Says:
   
   July 2nd, 2010 at 12:24 pm

   I can’t see what the problem is – Journalists and writers have to be paid and if web advertising revenues are too low (and they are) then money has to come from somewhere. This affectes all print media – I blogged in respect of model making magazines some time ago (http://philsworkbench.blogspot.com/2010/04/is-web-future.html) – web users who don’t pay can be ditched in preference to those who do. Let them go to your competitiors as you’ll push their website costs up whilst handing them no income. The perfect storm in many ways and probably what Rupe is hoping for…

   
   
2. Martijn Linssen Says:
   
   July 2nd, 2010 at 10:42 pm

   It’s going to happen between now and eternity, but for Pete’s sake can’t you newspapers cooperate at least on something important like this?

   Or is this day 1 of a whole week of paywall-risin’?

   Still, I’d like to have some paper in my hand once a week, just for waking up lazy. How about a nice weekly opinionated summary in a Sunday paper?

   
   
3. links for 2010-07-03 « David Black Says:
   
   July 3rd, 2010 at 9:04 am

   [...] The Times and Sunday Times: What a paywall looks like | Journalism.co.uk Editors' Blog "And it’s up – the long awaited News International paywall for the new Times and Sunday Times websites has gone up today." (tags: internet business newspapers newspapersites paywalls paidcontent newscorp thetimes) [...]

   
   
4. John Says:
   
   July 6th, 2010 at 10:36 am

   I thought the concept of paywalls had more to do with propping up expensive printing and logistics operations than paying for quality journalism.

   
   
5. This Week in Review: Time’s non-pay paywall, free vs. pay in Britain and what to do with content farms » Nieman Journalism Lab Says:
   
   July 9th, 2010 at 3:02 pm

   [...] and The Sunday Times, two of Britain’s oldest and most respected publications, which began charging for everything on their site last Friday. That development is particularly important because it’s the first move in the [...]

   
   
6. This Week in Review: Time’s non-pay paywall, free vs. pay in Britain and what to do with content farms | This Is An Awesome Web Site Says:
   
   July 9th, 2010 at 5:01 pm

   [...] and The Sunday Times, two of Britain’s oldest and most respected publications, which began charging for everything on their site last Friday. That development is particularly important because it’s the first move in the [...]

   
   
7. David Mitchell breaks ranks to question Guardian paywall stance | Journalism.co.uk Editors' Blog Says:
   
   July 13th, 2010 at 10:53 am

   [...] As the Times and Sunday Times’ paywalls went up earlier this month, the Guardian welcomed a former Times blogger and readers to its website with some cheeky editorial. [...]

   
   
8. This Week in Review: Time’s non-pay paywall, free vs. pay in Britain and what to do with content farms | This Is An Awesome Web Site Says:
   
   July 13th, 2010 at 5:03 pm

   [...] and The Sunday Times, two of Britain’s oldest and most respected publications, which began charging for everything on their site last Friday. That development is particularly important because it’s the first move in the [...]

   
   
9. This Week in Review: Time’s non-pay paywall, free vs. pay in Britain and what to do with content farms | Mark Coddington Says:
   
   August 3rd, 2010 at 1:51 am

   [...] and The Sunday Times, two of Britain’s oldest and most respected publications, which began charging for everything on their site last Friday. That development is particularly important because it’s the first move in [...]

   
   

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