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News International ditches paywall idea for The Sun

@gordonmacmillan — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:01:06 +0000

I wrote earlier this year that News International was rethinking its anti-social media paywall policy with regards whether it would introduce a paywall for the Sun modelled on the one employed by The Times.

Is the Notw the first great newspaper casualty of the Twitter age?

@gordonmacmillan — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 13:16:07 +0000

Is the News of the World the first great newspaper casualty of the Twitter age? It is something that someone said last night and I’m pretty sure there is something in it.

Bloggers organise as campaign against the News of the World grows as #saynotonotw trends on Twitter

@gordonmacmillan — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 09:44:34 +0000

The campaign against the News of the World newspaper, which has this morning led to a growing number of brands reviewing their advertising, has seen a torrent of tweets attacking the News International-owned title.

News of the World advertisers targeted on Twitter in Milly Dowler fallout

@gordonmacmillan — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 11:10:17 +0000

The fallout from the story that the News of the World allegedly hacked the phone of murdered teenager Milly Dowler could have far reaching implications for News International hitting all parts of its business including commercially as the paper’s advertisers are targeted via a Twitter campaign.

News International rethinks anti-social media paywall policy

@gordonmacmillan — Tue, 10 May 2011 15:02:32 +0000

Interesting report on Journalism UK about News International possibly rethinking its closed, anti-social media or iron curtain, approach to its paywall. The Sun had been due to follow same paywall model employed by The Times and the News of the World.

Telegraph to follow FT and NY Times down the metered paywall route

@gordonmacmillan — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 09:26:54 +0000

News Corporation might recently have delayed The Sun’s move to paid content, in light of the disappointment with the The Times, but that is not stopping the Telegraph Media Group pushing ahead with plans to introduced a metered paywall for Telegraph.co.uk.

Google launches ‘Google One Pass’ paid content system

@gordonmacmillan — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:59:29 +0000

A day after Apple launched its new content subscription system Google is making its play for paid content with the launch of its Google One Pass micropayment system, which will allow people to buy content on any platform from a publisher signed up.

News of the World lose 38% of visitors in first two weeks behind paywall

@gordonmacmillan — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 13:40:52 +0000

Beehive City is reporting that The News of the World, now bricked up behind its anti-social media paywall, has witnessed a 38.5% drop in monthly unique visitors to its website between September and October 2010 based on comScore figures.

New York Times Co in paywall success as traffic rises

@gordonmacmillan — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 10:49:32 +0000

Back in August the New York Times Company put a paywall in place at another of its daily papers and began charging readers of the Telegram & Gazette, in Worcester, Massachusetts, almost £10 a month for access to its website. Apparently visitor numbers have risen since it went in place.

Tabloid paywall wars – Daily Mirror and the Sun to fight it out

@gordonmacmillan — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 09:01:49 +0000

With the news in Marketing today, that the Daily Mirror is set to charge readers for accessing online content, a tabloid paywall war is brewing. The Mirror’s plans will coincide with those of The Sun, which is expected to put its paywall up next year following sister title the News of the World whose paywall went live last week.