>>Is now going or has gone subscription only.
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>>www.thetimes.co.uk now takes you to a registration page.
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>>I wonder how many of the other papers will follow suit.
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>>Nick
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>Paid subscription to on line newspapers was tried here in Norway by a few papers some years ago, but they had to give it up.Only a handful of subscribers paid, and only for a short period. Too many free alternatives...


Didn't the NYTimes try it as well and give up.

But I imagine Rupert murdoch thinks he's big enough to alter the way the market works.

I think the FT has a better model. You can access a certain number of articles per month then you're invited to subscribe .