Daily Mail & General Trust will not charge for online news, it told investors yesterday, but will charge for access to mobile and “niche content”.
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The Independent has relaunched today, with a new daily magazine section, Viewspaper, and a masthead promise of political and proprietorial freedom.
IPC indie music title NME is launching a new initiative for one week only, allowing music fans to donate their unwanted CDs and records to Oxfam shops in exhange for a free copy of the magazine.
The daily national newspaper market was down 5.4% year on year in March, although it recorded a 0.5% period on period increase.
Prime minister Gordon Brown has added his voice to the argument against paywalls, saying that consumers are now used to getting content for free.
The BBC is looking for a business partner to run the magazine division at its commercial arm BBC Worldwide.
Google chief executive Eric Schmidt believes newspapers will find new business models that allow them to make money online.
Roger Alton is stepping down as editor of the Independent to be replaced by managing director Simon Kelner with immediate effect.
Reader’s Digest UK has been bought by private equity firm Better Capital, according to a report in the Financial Times.
In our latest Media Playground Thought Leadership piece, Kantar Media looks at paid-for online content, the various pricing models and what research shows consumers are willing to pay.
