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The Times is the establisment newspaper in the UK - it's like the BBC of print. The UK newspaper market is not like the US and is still pretty healthy; The Time
by timthorn 16y ago
The Times is the establisment newspaper in the UK - it's like the BBC of print. The UK newspaper market is not like the US and is still pretty healthy; The Times isn't going anywhere in the near future.
- rwmj 16y agoAgreed for the print newspaper. That's going to slowly wither or whatever you think will happen to newspapers. However we're talking about the website, and that really works in a different way and it's obvious that the Times does not understand the way the web and search engines work.
- bigfudge 16y agoAre you based in the UK? Do you read The Times? There might be lingering perception that the times is a quality paper — perhaps we all watch too many re-runs of Jeeves and Wooster — but the Times is more of a Sky News than a BBC.
- timthorn 16y agoYes, I'm UK based. I read The Times, Telegraph, Guardian or FT, depending on the day. Whilst I think BBC News on radio and TV is good quality, the website is often of appaling quality.
- electromagnetic 16y agoReally? I think hiding from your consumers behind a paywall, slashing your site traffic and plummeting yourself off of Google will invariably kill any web business. Name a startup that actively hid from its users and survived? Can you even think of a startup that actively hid from its users?