Times erects a pay-wall

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The Times and Sunday Times unveiled new-look websites Wednesday (Beijing time) as they prepare to become the first UK national newspapers to charge online readers for content. Users will pay ￡1 for a day's access and ￡2 for a week's subscription from June. Times Editor James Harding admitted that the move was a risk, since many readers were likely to be lost. The Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal already make readers pay for some online content, while The New York Times announced that it would start charging for online content in early 2011.

北京時間26日，英國《泰晤士報》和《星期日泰晤士報》推出全新網絡頁面，將成為該國首家向互聯網用戶收費的全國性報紙。從6月起，用戶將按照每天1英鎊或每周2英鎊的標準進行付費閱讀。《泰晤士報》主編詹姆斯·哈丁坦言，此次收費充滿風險，很多讀者可能會就此流失。目前，《金融時報》與《華爾街日報》已對網站部分內容收費，《紐約時報》也表示將在明年年初對網絡讀者收費。

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