The Times’ impending paywall has not only caused a stir in the industry, but has also made a difference to readers already, despite the new site still being in a free preview stage before a full pay model roll out later this month.
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The New York Times was the top online newspaper in the US in May, according to new comScore figures.
A new poll for paidContent: UK found that 76% of Times Online readers are “not at all likely” to pay for access to the new Times and Sunday Times websites.
The Evening Standard is thought to be close to making profit, nine months after Alexander Lebedev made it free.The Russian tycoon bought the loss-making title for £1 from Daily Mail & General Trust in January 2009, when it had a circulation of around 237,000 and losses as high as £20 million.Less than a year later,… Continue reading Evening Standard “will be in profit” soon
The daily national newspaper market was down by 5.6% year on year, but managed a slight 0.2% period on period increase in May.
Guardian Media Group has reported an increased pre-tax loss of £171 million for the 12 months to the end of March.
Facebook users will soon be able to expand magazine article links in to a full story without having the leave the social networking site’s news feed.
Condé Nast Traveller has launched a series of iPhone app city guides in a bid to tap in to the UK mobile market.
Raymond Snoddy says that judging by the reaction to the recent haul of sensational stories in the media, “something has changed in society”.
Katherine Page, technical consultant at the National Readership Survey, explains why it is worth pursuing Project Fusion. “All the indications are that publisher websites have considerable potential to extend audience reach…”