Telegraph pay-wall

[Eric The Viking]

I note the Telegraph, the first newspaper to have a web site in the UK (1993, not 1994 as they claim!), has finally disappeared behind a paywall today.

So that's probably it for me. £24/year per device seems, er, rather pricey, especially as I'd still have to put up with the ghastly adverts I assume.

Shame really. I wonder if it'll work for them or not. The Times is still bullish about the idea, but you do wonder if it's covering their costs.

E.

 

[RogerS]

I note the Telegraph, the first newspaper to have a web site in the UK (1993, not 1994 as they claim!), has finally disappeared behind a paywall today.

So that's probably it for me. £24/year per device seems, er, rather pricey, especially as I'd still have to put up with the ghastly adverts I assume.

Shame really. I wonder if it'll work for them or not. The Times is still bullish about the idea, but you do wonder if it's covering their costs.

E.

If you have a Waitrose within easy walking distance and spend £5 or more then you can get a free one.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

I suspect my nearest one's Plymouth - 120 mile walk is a bit far for a free paper!

 

[henton49er]

The Sun is also reportedly heading in the same direction.

The Times did it some time ago, and I guess it must have worked for them.

WE do not have a daily (or a Sunday) paper and rely upon the internet to keep ourselves up to date. If that means just using the BBC then so be it. I will not be paying to browse news sites on the web.

 

[Alex H]

The Sun is also reportedly heading in the same direction.

Surely that would be suicide :lol:

 

[MickCheese]

If you are interested in London things the Metro is free online as is the London Evening Standard.

Mick

 

[Eric The Viking]

Well Waitrose is literally just round the corner, so I'll investigate in the week.

Thanks for the tip!

 

[nanscombe]

Oh please put the Daily Mail behind a paywall ... :lol:

 

[WoodMangler]

I get my view of the (printed) news from reading the Independent, Guardian, Telegraph and Daily Mail every morning. Look as if my perspective is about to get skewed a little further leftwards in future...

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Oh please put the Daily Mail behind a paywall ...
...And the Grauniad.

 

[No skills]

The Sun is also reportedly heading in the same direction.

Surely that would be suicide :lol:

Not all payments will need to be money for that one, a box of fags plus topless pictures of your neighbour and a blow up banana will cover a fortnights 'reading'.

 

[newt]

Why would you expect to get E news free, newspapers aren't free.

 

[Eric The Viking]

I'm not expecting anything. I stopped reading the Times when they did it.

That said, the Telegraph was the first British newspaper on the web, and it's been free to read for two decades. Other outlets manage to be funded by advertising, and you'd think the Telegraph ought to have it nailed by now.

The annoyance is because that would only leave the BBC site for news, which is pretty left wing. I'm not keen on 'tabloids'.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

I'm not sure where (in print or on line) the Times makes what money it does make - it's losing £60m a year. The Grauniad and the Observer lost £44m. I suspect they'll all charge for on line eventually. Subscriptions should be cheaper - look at all the companies that profit from print editions, right through from the paper manufacturers, transporters, fuel suppliers, wholesalers and newsagents (and probably a few others), that are cut out by supplying on line.

 

[RogerP]

If you can't find something suitable here you're a hard person to please

http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/englanda-k.htm

 

[newt]

I'm not expecting anything. I stopped reading the Times when they did it.

That said, the Telegraph was the first British newspaper on the web, and it's been free to read for two decades. Other outlets manage to be funded by advertising, and you'd think the Telegraph ought to have it nailed by now.

The annoyance is because that would only leave the BBC site for news, which is pretty left wing. I'm not keen on 'tabloids'.

Tabloids not keen either, some are just comics, although their news columns do have a low fog index.