The Times has introduced a paywall due to falling advertising income and has begun charging readers to access its online content. Access to the Times and Sunday Times website cost £1 per day, or £2 a week if readers sign up to a subscription.
News International, which owns the papers, announced plans to impose charges earlier this year in response to falling advertising income. Currently the Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal are the only major papers to have similar paywalls. All other national papers offer free access to their sites, but are likely to watch the launch of the Times paywall closely.
As a long time Times reader who used the site daily, I cant see any advantage in paying the cost. The site is warmer and easier to read, but, adverts still invade. You can get all the news from other sites, free, the opinion columns in the Times seem to owner orientated and not independent like they used to be. No more the Thunderer.
Time to move on, money in pocket!
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