Reactions coming thick and fast to Rupert Murdoch’s Times paywalls

July 6, 2010 in Newspapers, UK media, Uncategorized
Tags: FT, George Brock, New York Times, pay wall, paywall, Rupert Murdoch, The Drum, the Guardian, Times

A lot of people are posting on the Wapping paywalls. This is my completely subjective selection: The Drum has rounded up a few reactions from creative/advertising/PR types and the gist is a mix of time-will-tells and jury-still-outs. One interesting point was that the design of the site made it difficult to navigate on the iPad, [...]

Tuppence-worth on Rupert Murdoch’s Times paywalls

May 26, 2010 in advertising, Future media, multimedia, UK media, Uncategorized
Tags: Facebook, Jeff Jarvis, Malcolm Coles, New York Times, Paid Content, pay wall, paywalls, Rupert Murdoch, Sky News, The Sunday Times, The Times, Wall Street Journal

While Jeff Jarvis’s language about Rupert Murdoch is a little direct, it is difficult to disagree with his conclusions – the Times is cutting itself off from the rest of the web.