Johnston Press puts news behind pay-wall
Johnston Press, the second biggest local newspaper publisher in the UK, has announced it is to conduct pay-wall trials on three of its papers. The publisher owns around 300 newspapers in the UK and in a bid to stave off low advertising revenues, it is looking into asking readers to pay for the news it puts on the web. The newspapers which are to be put behind a pay-wall are the Northumberland Gazette , the Whitby Gazette, the Worksop Guardian , the Ripley & Heanor News (all based in England) and the Southern Reporter and the Carrick Gazette (based in Scotland). Charging for content It is just a trial at the moment, with Johnston Press looking to charge £5 for three months of complete web access
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