The Times paywalls go up...

[AstonZagato]

Jockman said:

I noticed Times + whatever that is.

I think they are offers and discounts from "trusted partners". Never used it.

[gizlaroc]

Gloria Slap said:

Derek Smith said:

Is that readers or subscribers?

I get it free from a supermarket.

How do you do that Derek, which one?

Waitrose, free with every £5 spent along with your free coffee.

[chris watton]

gizlaroc said:

Gloria Slap said:

Derek Smith said:

Is that readers or subscribers?

I get it free from a supermarket.

How do you do that Derek, which one?

Waitrose, free with every £5 spent along with your free coffee.

Good way of massaging the circulation figures to make the paper (and profits) look healthier than they actually are, I suppose..

[Funk]

chris watton said:

gizlaroc said:

Gloria Slap said:

Derek Smith said:

Is that readers or subscribers?

I get it free from a supermarket.

How do you do that Derek, which one?

Waitrose, free with every £5 spent along with your free coffee.

Good way of massaging the circulation figures to make the paper (and profits) look healthier than they actually are, I suppose..

[hyphen]

chris watton said:

gizlaroc said:

Gloria Slap said:

Derek Smith said:

Is that readers or subscribers?

I get it free from a supermarket.

How do you do that Derek, which one?

Waitrose, free with every £5 spent along with your free coffee.

Good way of massaging the circulation figures to make the paper (and profits) look healthier than they actually are, I suppose..

It isn't Times of nothing, it is choosing from Broadsheets and Daily Mail. I go for Telegraph over Times, coz Murdoch.

[BlackLabel]

They continue to do well.

"The Times and The Sunday Times increased revenues and profits last year as the online paywall and digital advertising growth more than offset the decline in print.

Annual accounts at Companies House showed that Times Newspapers moved to a £9.6m pre-tax profit in 2018, compared with an £8m loss in 2017.

The report stated that turnover was up 2% year on year to £326.4m, from £319.5m in 2017 – a significant milestone when other news publishers have seen little or no growth as revenues continue to shift to Google and Facebook."

https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/subscriptio...

Digital-media is in big trouble elsewhere though as BuzzFeed and the Huffington Post announce cuts resulting in the loss of hundreds of jobs.


Does Journalism Have a Future? In an era of social media and fake news, journalists who have survived the print plunge have new foes to face.

Future of digital journalism in question as BuzzFeed and HuffPost lay off 1,000. Job losses follow sales or cuts at Mic, Refinery29 and elsewhere, but publishing as a whole had already shrunk sharply

Hundreds of jobs are under threat at leading news websites that are facing a competitive onslaught from Google and Facebook. Buzzfeed, the pioneer of the listicle, and Verizon Media, owner of Huffpost, this week warned that deep cuts to their workforces were coming, raising questions over the durability of “free” news websites that fund themselves through digital advertising. Rivals are expected to follow suit in a battle for survival against some of Silicon Valley’s most powerful companies.

BuzzFeed, and the bursting digital media bubble

[Funk]

Fair play to them, seems I was wrong (although it's taken them nearly 9 years to make it pay off..!). That aside, I still don't even think about The Times at all when reading news and with the online subs accounting for 250k readers it seems they're still singing to a pretty small audience.

Re. HuffPo and Buzzfeed woes - can they even be considered 'journalism'...? Wouldn't bat an eyelid if they shut their doors tomorrow...

[Fundoreen]

Noticed that the bbc with a vast army of well trained people and funding from the tvl hold up pages from the sun and read the headline out. Time for the tvl to be abolished.