Newspaper circulations are down again – cue the paywall plans

February 24, 2012 in :: Irish Media, Newspapers, Uncategorized
Tags: Audra Martin, Financial Times, Gannett, Irish Times, Liam Kavanagh, New York Times, Newsquest, paywalls, Sunday Times, the Economist, The Times, Wall Street Journal

Almost all Irish newspapers posted largely predictable slides in their circulation figures yesterday, with sales of the Irish Times falling below the psychologically important 100,000 mark. Interestingly, however, the Times also posted audited figures for some of its digital editions – 2,023 for its online e-paper and 1,687 for subs on what they call “other [...]

Some fag-packet sums on the Times paywalls

May 27, 2010 in advertising, UK media
Tags: ABCe, Enders Analysis, FT.com, Guardian, paywall, Rupert Murdoch, The Sunday Times, The Times

The Timeses are trying to cut their combined £100 million editorial budget by 10 per cent, or £10 million. If they are really trying to protect the newspapers and their dwindling revenues with a paywall that limits the growth of online revenues, they could miss out on twice that in online revenue.

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.