>>>>>>>>Is now going or has gone subscription only.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>www.thetimes.co.uk now takes you to a registration page.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I wonder how many of the other papers will follow suit.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>None in their right mind I would have thought.
>>>>>>>For starters, when was the last time you had to sign a six page agreement before buying a newspaper ?
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>>>>>>Weird, isn't it? Newspapers are a dying business and should not be driving away willing customers.
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>>>>>Well at least I got to read something for free :-}
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>>>>You won't for long. The laws of economics have not expired.
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>>>I was referring to the above six page agreement. If they wanted to charge for reading that then they really would be on to a losing battle :-}
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>>I think they may have been better leaving the free to view website www.thetimes.co.uk and beginning to charge for mobile apps where it might be easier to conceal the charge in a tariff. And moving the web site to a smillar model to the FT where you get a certian umber of articles for free every month. As it is the need to sign on to view is going to be a nuisance and if you don't have to sign on as they store a cookie then you won't be able to use it in multiple places on the move/at work/at home (mentions this in the Guardian today).
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>>Also with the site now being effectively off line people will get out of the habit of looking at it.
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>>Mine you what do I know as I'm not a media billionaire.
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>The decider for me would be possession of some sort of e-reader that was comfortable to use outside in the sun. But it would also need to be big enough to cover my face when I took a nap. And useful for lighting the fire.

And (if it costs) advertisement free...