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May 26, 2010updated 23 Aug 2022 7:23pm

Sunday Times & Times paywall: the story so far…

By Oliver Luft

News International yesterday launched new websites for The Times and Sunday Times ahead of the planned introduction of the paywall early next month.

It’s little over nine months since Rupert Murdoch, chairman and chief executive of News Corporation, owner of the two papers, served notice on free access and laid out his vision for the next big revolution in journalism.

In the intervening months there has been much debate and argument about the merits, shortcomings and likely outcome of such a plan. Here’s a comprehensive review of Press Gazette’s coverage of the story so far…

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