Times and Sunday Times web sites to charge for access to content in June

The Times and The Sunday Times newspapers are going to start to charge people to access their content online from June. Newspapers are coming under increasing commercial pressure with falling circulations and advertising revenues. However, they are up against lots of free information on the Internet and the question is whether people will pay the £1 per day or £2 per week subscriptions that News International – the papers’ owner – will charge. Rebekah Brooks, News International’s chief executive, says: ‘We are proud of our journalism and unashamed to say that we believe it has value.’ Let’s see what the readers think and whether other online information providers follow suit.