Holdthefrontpage: Johnston Press to charge for online regional news
November 25th, 2009Posted by Judith Townend in Editors' pick, Journalism, Online Journalism
HoldTheFrontPage reports it has seen an internal memo indicating that Johnston Press is to introduce a paid-for news model, beginning on some sites from Monday:
“Managers have told staff that JP intends to roll-out the paid-for model across the company in line with what they are calling ‘industry moves in this area to find a sustainable business model going forward.’”
Johnston Press ‘has declined to comment publicly on the plan’ HTFP reports.
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