The Times and Sunday Times websites to charge from June

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£1 a day

The Sun & NOTW to follow

Will you pay to read the news online?

no.

No. that's why I thought they had all that advertising- to pay for the site.

I think they will find readership plummets.

ohffs. i wonder if all the others will follow suit? they really, really do need the revenue.

No way would I pay. The beeb website is so good, why would anyone pay a quid to read the news written in a slightly different way?

No - cheecky feckers
All the good bits get linked on here anyway

cheeky
(crunchy nut cornflakes getting in the way)

No, I won't read them. Not at that price.

I would not mind paying a monthly or yearly subscription, but I find £1 a day quite expensive. What does the print edition cost at the moment?

no no no

I could not even be bothered to register frankly

I don't think this model is going to work at all

people will just rely on the BBC and blogs which will always be free

Just looked it up. Costs £1. For which they have to print and distribute, plus presumably the newsagents take a small cut.

Why would I pay the same price for the online edition.

I never read the whole paper, just bits of it.

but cornsilk if you want newspapers - then you've got to start paying for them again.

The 'everything for free on the internet' can't really work forever. People need wages.

I think Murdoch is quite brave to do this.

cornsilk - I think that once this is introduced, links won't work unless you've paid.

I'd pay for the Guardian site, and maybe for a round-up site from the other papers (FT, Telegraph, Independent all have things I occasionally like to read). Don't pay money to Murdoch on principle though.

Will be interesting to see whether Voldemort can make this one work.

No.

and the BBC isn't free - you already pay for it.

yes I would pay for the Guardian online but not £1 a day - £1 a week maybe

A POUND!!!

I understand that news online will not be free forever. As print news goes out of fashion and there is more of it online, they have to start charging.

I think a pound a day is a lot, particularly for The Sodding Times. I'd pay a quid to read a full Sunday paper online. Not weekdays though.

I'd pay for a paper -wouldn't pay to read it online.

As they seem to be sifting through online sites like this one for their 'news' anyway.

No, they don't always. That's just the features isn't it. It's not the headline Hard News, as it were.

I think everyone is going to have to adjust their thinking about everything be free online. There won't be a distinction between paper and screen soon. They will be as one.

I don't see how it can work and anyone can make a living if all music, books, newspapers - in fact if CONTENT - is free online. It's impossible.

Nope wouldn't pay. I have paid for the Guardian iphone app though.

They're nutters - they'll not only get no-one paying, but people won't link to them either.

no I wouldn't - especially not at that price.

I know they have to pay people, but if the paper version costs £1 there's no way the online version can cost the same surely?

Surely they'd make more money if they charged less - if it's cheaper surely people are more likely to pay to read it more often?

I can access the news already.Not paying The Times £1 a day. Buying a paper is different and I'm quite prepared to pay for that because I like the tactile experience of reading the paper. Also come in handy for the budgies.

If I was a Times reader, I think I would pay. The Guardian is my homepage, I read it every morning. If they started charging, then I guess I'd pay the money.

No.

cornsilk. Is it because the paper version is something you can hold in your hands - but the online version isn't, even if the content is the same?

It's a really interesting distinction I think, I wonder how strong that will prove to be - if The Times ceased to produce a paper version, would you pay for it online?

I am a Times reader but I'm not paying to read it online. Will continue to buy the paper at the weekends though.