Newsquest’s Herald & Times, publisher of The Herald and Sunday Herald, has announced plans to introduce a metered subscription charge for its online content later this year.

In an interview with The Drum, the company ruled out introducing a blanket paywall like The Times. Instead, users will be able to access a fixed number of news stories before they have to subscribe, while ‘rolling news, commercial content and national sports stories are also likely to remain open for view”.

Managing director Tim Blott told The Drum: