The Sun and The Telegraph go behind Paywalls

[rogerdraig]

still watch and read bbc as a good starting point though they seem to have gone down hill i am lucky to a certain extent that often i have online acquaintances from years on yahoo i often have some one near to stories that are happening

if your talking of stories like Cyprus then there are financial sites they tend to be a lot more based on facts and reuters is still mostly a good source

and of course here font of all knowledge

Originally Posted by rogerdraig

still watch and read bbc as a good starting point though they seem to have gone down hill i am lucky to a certain extent that often i have online acquaintances from years on yahoo i often have some one near to stories that are happening

if your talking of stories like Cyprus then there are financial sites they tend to be a lot more based on facts and reuters is still mostly a good source

and of course here font of all knowledge

indeed ,you don't get to read about 2 headed bull sharks in the Sun

[rogerdraig]

ah i had forgotten about "The Onion" and "thedailymash.co.uk"

[Qtx]

Most news sites are bias in some way so you have to read multiple sites to get a more balanced view of a particular story. By going behind a paywall some of the media outlets will loose some of their influence, so I am sure they did not choose this option lightly.

RSS readers aggregate from multiple sources so you can get plenty of news, views and whatever all in one place without paying. Even without those kind of features, most will not pay when another place offers it for free. Murdoch is trying to get as many news outlets to do the same so eventually there will be less options but there will always be alternatives.


In the short term I am sure many will just use the BBC site.

[AdamD]

I'd imagine the vast majority of the country already pays for news through the TV license. (Aka, BBC News)

But given the decline in sales of "news" papers (I use the term "News" very loosely when it comes to trailer trash papers, like The Sun), then it's inevitable this would happen.

[Osem]

They'd have to pay me to 'read' the Sun.

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by Osem

They'd have to pay me to 'read' the Sun.

Same here i gave up reading comics as a kid.

[Pauls9]

On the plus side, it doesn't take long to read all the news in the Sun.

[Ramrod]

The Telegraph is unlimited (still) on my Samsung S2 running ICS.......dunno how long that will last.....

[Jimmy-J]

Not bothered if they charge for their news or not, as long as we have a choice, that's all what matters.

[Gary L]

Originally Posted by Osem

They'd have to pay me to 'read' the Sun.

I only read it for the page 3.
I just go in the shop and look without buying it.

[Russ]

Just had an email from The Sun saying from August 1st they're going behind a pay wall which of course will still be "fantastic value for money" at £2 per week. Of course there's the usual sweetener of "sign up now and get the first 2 months for £1". I seriously cannot see this taking off.

[peanut]

Originally Posted by Russ

Just had an email from The Sun saying from August 1st they're going behind a pay wall which of course will still be "fantastic value for money" at £2 per week. Of course there's the usual sweetener of "sign up now and get the first 2 months for £1". I seriously cannot see this taking off.

£2 a year would be £2 too much for the sun.

[Saaf_laandon_mo]

I have recently started the trial subscription to the Times. £4 a week gives me all the papers, and online content. Once I finish the trial I will move to their Weekend Pack which is £3 a week. For that I will get the Saturday and Sunday times, plus online content. I buy the weekend papers anyway - so in effect this is a better deal than not subscribing.

[v0id]

Here's hoping the Daily Mail goes behind a paywall sometime soon