I’m sold on paying for the Times

When Rupert Murdoch first announced he was putting The Times and Sunday Times behind a paywall I thought it was a rather silly idea. I was determined I would never pay for it, after all when news is available everywhere else on the web for free (or at least ad-funded) what was the point in paying.

 

Independent printing payments

With the launch of the new Sunday Times websites (separating from The Times) fast approaching and with all this talk of Rupert Murdoch introducing charges on the various newspaper websites he owns around the world I thought I’d take a look at alternatives. The Independent Newspaper has an interesting way of making a bit of extra cash from their website – they’re restricting printing. OK it might seem strange to [...]

 

Time to pay for premium content?

Jeremy Clarkson writes a column for The Sunday Times, in fact he writes two as he writes a motoring column and an opinion column, although the only real difference is a bit of a car info at the end of the motoring one. You can read both these columns and a fairly substantial archive on the Times website – published first thing in the morning on a Sunday, every Sunday [...]