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pcernie
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http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.c ... ID=3228978Would you pay for online news? I wouldn't, for many reasons, and I suspect that's what Murdoch's gonna find is the norm 
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l3v1ck
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Pay wall goes up
Online readership goes down...... like the Titanic!
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steve74
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I give it 3 months before they do a U-turn, once their readership goes down and advertising dries up.
I don't know anyone who would pay for the content, I certainly wouldn't.
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adidan
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Bye bye Times.
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Linux_User
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[LIFTED] you Murdoch, [LIFTED] you!
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mikepgood
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Stick with the BBC
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belchingmatt
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Does that suggest that you actually read The Times? 
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Linux_User
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A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away.... TBH Murdoch puts me off that much I read the Grauniad instead. Which reminds me, brilliant article here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/blog/201 ... es-readers
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Nick
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Well surely they won't make people pay, and then make them put up with adverts too??  _________________
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Linux_User
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Nick
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That's completely different though - everyone knows that the price of a newspaper is heavily subsidised by the advertising - and people are perfectly happy to get their daily's for £1 or less in return.
But when you're paying, what was it? £2 a week or £1 a day?? For online content, it takes the piss a bit if they put a load of adverts in their pages.
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belchingmatt
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That happens with papers anyway.
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Nick
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l3v1ck
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You can't beat the Metro for free news.
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AlunD
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I get a free copy every morning, its the only reason I read it. 
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