British Library digitises archives: 40 million national newspaper pages to go online
The British Library is to digitise up to 40 million pages of national newspapers from the Newspaper Library, making them available online for the first time. The institution is partnering with online publishing company Brightsolid to digitise the newspapers over the next ten years. The library will move the hard-copy collections from the current building at Colindale to a purpose-built storage facility in Boston Spa, West Yorkshire. As well as out... [Read More...]
Times and Sunday Times websites to charge from June
The Times and The Sunday Times will start charging for access to their online content from June, charging £1 for a day¹s access or £2 for a weekly subscription, News International has announced. Both titles will launch new websites in early May, separating their digital presence for the first time and replacing the existing Times Online. Registered customers will be able to access the two new sites during a free trial period. From June, the new... [Read More...]
Times and Telegraph see dip in web traffic
National newspaper websites saw mixed fortunes in December with Guardian.co.uk staying out in front with the most visits. The website saw total monthly unique users rise 3.32 per cent month on month to 36,980,637 and it jumped a hefty 61.99 per cent year on year. It was followed by Mail Online, which posted a 5.1 per cent rise to 32,843,958 users for December and a 67.03 per cent jump, year on year. Associated Newspapers is just launching a £10m... [Read More...]
Mirror follows News International to block NewsNow
The Mirror Group has become the latest publisher to take action against NewsNow by preventing the news aggregator from linking to Mirror.co.uk content. According to PaidContent, Mirror Group activated the block yesterday, following an identical move made earlier in the month by rival publisher News International for The Sun, News of the World and Times Online content. Both publishers have been critical of news aggregation sites and search engines... [Read More...]
News Corp set to join top publishers in paid content consortium
News Corporation is reported to be joining with Time Inc, Hearst, Condè Nast and Meredith to launch a paid content venture that will create a digital storefront for a wide range of magazines and newspapers. According to various reports, including in The Sunday Times, published by News International, the News Corp-owned newspaper publisher, the venture will initially be led by Time Inc executive vice president John Squires. It follows a report that... [Read More...]
Guardian leads the way with UK record online
The UK’s national newspaper websites continue to grow in popularity, with the top three again attracting more than 30 million unique users in October, and three other sites achieving double-digit growth month on month. Guardian News & Media’s website network, which includes content from the Observer and MediaGuardian.co.uk, remains the most visited UK newspaper website despite a near four per cent monthly fall to 31,693,844 unique... [Read More...]