Telegraph.co.uk to charge for news online, says FT
November 30th, 2010Posted by Laura Oliver in Business
The Financial Times is reporting that Telegraph Media Group is planning to introduce a charge for access to its online news content.
According to the report, the payment barrier could be brought in late next year and sources have told the FT that it will not be “an impregnable paywall like the Times” but most likely a metered system, as employed by the Financial Times itself.
A TMG spokesperson told the FT that no decisions have been made on the introduction of a paid-content model.
Full story on the FT at this link…
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