Google rumoured to be aiming towards paid content service for newspapers

BufferAn Italian national newspaper has reported that Google plans to launch a service allowing publishers to hide content behind a paywall before the end of the year. The report in La Repubblica newspaper suggests the system will be linked directly … Continue reading

Apple’s Jobs says people must be persuaded of merits of paying for online content

BufferApple top man Steve Jobs fears that the internet will be reduced “into a nation of bloggers” unless a sustainable way of persuading people to pay for online content is devised. Speaking at the Wall Street Journal-organised D8 conference near … Continue reading

Times and Sunday Times say no to SEO as paywall experiment begins

BufferThe revamped websites of UK newspapers The Times and The Sunday Times have gone live, ahead of moves to put all the two newspapers’ online content – apart from the sites’ front pages – behind a paywall. Users can register … Continue reading