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  Sun to offer free online news again

Sun to offer free online news again

PTI
Published : Nov 1, 2015, 4:19 am IST
Updated : Nov 1, 2015, 4:19 am IST

Rupert Murdoch owned top-selling British tabloid the Sun has done a U-turn on its policy by scrapping its paywall and offering most of its website content for free.

Rupert Murdoch owned top-selling British tabloid the Sun has done a U-turn on its policy by scrapping its paywall and offering most of its website content for free. News UK, Murdoch’s UK-based publishing house, announced plans to scrap the paywall and offer most of its website content for free.

News UK chief executive Rebekah Brooks informed staff on Friday of the new strategy, which will kick off from November 30.

“I recently shared with you the future priorities for the company and am excited today to tell you more about our plans for the first of these growing the Sun’s audience.

“This will mean setting the Sun predominantly free in the digital world from November 30. By happy coincidence, this is also Cyber Monday, one of the best-performing days of the year for online retail,” Ms Brooks told staff.

News UK had made the decision to put the UK’s biggest- selling tabloid behind a paywall in August 2013.

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