The Sun to go behind paywall

Burnsy2023 · 27 Mar 2013 at 16:18

On the upside: less sun articles quoted on the internet. On the downside, this'll likely be replaced by the DM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21951753

Sho · 27 Mar 2013 at 16:21

Wont bother me at all. As i dont buy the newspaper or even go on the site.

For those who do, Oh well.

Azza · 27 Mar 2013 at 16:21

What a shame.

chief barker · 27 Mar 2013 at 16:24

Oh well another nail in the coffin for my job.

godinman · 27 Mar 2013 at 16:24

Lol, can you imagine the average sun reader paying up?

Hades · 27 Mar 2013 at 16:25

Do many people still buy newspapers?

andi · 27 Mar 2013 at 16:25

Are the readers of The Sun really the type who will pay for news online? I have my doubts...

Jono8 · 27 Mar 2013 at 16:30

Annnd I will never be going on the sun website again,lol

Not that I did much anyway.

platypus · 27 Mar 2013 at 16:31

Hurrah!

Fenris · 27 Mar 2013 at 16:32

As if I needed another reason to never visit the Sun website ever.

Fire_fly · 27 Mar 2013 at 16:33

Big loss... :rolleyes:

TheSgtDK · 27 Mar 2013 at 16:33

I actually read the sun here and there, even though most of it is full of Z list nobody stories from The Only Way is Essex that i couldn't give a **** about,

But their recent trend of filling their site with Top 10 lists of some rubbish or Vote on this or that list, has turned me away from it completely.

TheVoice · 27 Mar 2013 at 16:34

Rather amusing that they think any of their content is worth paying for.

IRLeetly · 27 Mar 2013 at 16:35

Now to get my Sun "hit" I need to hope someone leaves their tablet/laptop/phone logged in on the train.

Cosimo · 27 Mar 2013 at 16:35

Don't care as I have access to Times/Sunday Times site and the DM is a much better substitute.

Shayper · 27 Mar 2013 at 16:37

What a silly move on their part.

VIPER258 · 27 Mar 2013 at 16:39

Oh well won't bother me.

[DOD]Asprilla · 27 Mar 2013 at 16:43

They have been trying to do it for the last few years, it was just a case of working out the best way to do it. If I remember they have been really driving the community aspects of the site and stuff like bingo / fantasy football in order to get people visiting the site regularly.

TBH, the advertising model isn't sustainable so they have little choice. Conversion rate on the Times & Sunday Times is still a lot lower than they would like but I don't know what the overall numbers are.

Spook187 · 27 Mar 2013 at 16:45

Pure rag anyway never read these sort of tabloids, chip paper that is all they are good for.

edgedemon · 27 Mar 2013 at 16:46

This does raise an interesting point though.
I used to buy the Sun years ago, then I stopped buying papers and when I stop to think about it, the only time I ever go onto a papers website is when I have followed a link in GD on here.
I wonder how many people actually use the Sun website now or any papers site - surely there are too many other ways to get news that there is now no need to pay?