Cable Forum - View Single Post - The Sun and The Telegraph go behind Paywalls

**Damien** · 27-03-2013, 09:06

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21946916

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp...01ae5a11a8.181

They had this already for users from outside the UK, I got caught up in whilst behind an American proxy, but now it's being extended to users within the UK. You will get 20 free articles a month and then you need to pay £2 a month for unlimited access or £20 a year. £10 a month also grants you access to their digital applications. It's the same price as The Times for the equivalent digital pack but The Times doesn't offer the website online option.

Good I say. The current situation of free news is unsustainable and damaging. Instead of news and journalism we are increasingly getting link-bait opinion pieces. Who needs to learn and know about a news situation when you can hear but a columnist has to say about it instead? Who needs analysis when you can hear what readers reckon?

Although at this point I am beginning to wish there was a one single place I could subscribe too. It would be weird to have news sources you can't access after growing up with the Internet as it is.

27-03-2013, 09:06	#1
Damien Remoaner Cable Forum Team Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 32,731	The Sun and The Telegraph go behind Paywalls http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21946916 http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp...01ae5a11a8.181 They had this already for users from outside the UK, I got caught up in whilst behind an American proxy, but now it's being extended to users within the UK. You will get 20 free articles a month and then you need to pay £2 a month for unlimited access or £20 a year. £10 a month also grants you access to their digital applications. It's the same price as The Times for the equivalent digital pack but The Times doesn't offer the website online option. Good I say. The current situation of free news is unsustainable and damaging. Instead of news and journalism we are increasingly getting link-bait opinion pieces. Who needs to learn and know about a news situation when you can hear but a columnist has to say about it instead? Who needs analysis when you can hear what readers reckon? Although at this point I am beginning to wish there was a one single place I could subscribe too. It would be weird to have news sources you can't access after growing up with the Internet as it is.