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Trend Report: Are paywalls the only way forward for online publishers?

Mike Fletcher — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:45:00 GMT

It's been 18 months since News Corp erected paywalls around The Sunday Times and The Times. Mike Fletcher assesses whether the paywall model is the future for online publishing and talks exclusively with News International to discover a shift in strategic thinking.

Mirror biggest faller in September ABC

John Reynolds — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:37:00 GMT

The Mirror Group Network of websites was the biggest faller in daily average users in September, a month in which all national newspapers suffered a fall in average daily users, according to the latest round of ABC figures.

Metro website grows 44% in six months

Oliver Luft — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:35:00 GMT

Associated Newspapers' free daily paper Metro has grown its website traffic by 44% over six months to an average of 344,150 daily browsers in July, according to the latest ABC data on newspapers' online operations.

ABC: Facebook helps Daily Mirror's web traffic rocket 24%

Arif Durrani — Thu, 26 May 2011 15:33:00 GMT

The website for the Mirror Group was the standout winner in terms of growth last month, with a 24% lift in unique browsers following a renewed social media strategy.

Trinity Mirror hires Ellis to lead digital for nationals division

Daniel Farey-Jones — Tue, 17 May 2011 15:10:00 GMT

Trinity Mirror has hired former IGN international managing director Chris Ellis in the newly created role of managing director, digital, for its nationals division.

Newspaper ABCes: Independent overtakes Mirror online

John Reynolds — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:43:00 GMT

Executives at The Independent group of newspapers will have further grounds for optimism after Independent.co.uk reported its best traffic figures to date, at 621,219 daily average browsers.

Newspaper ABCes: irrepressible MailOnline soars past 56m

Arif Durrani — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:29:00 GMT

The Daily Mail's online success story continued today as it soared past 56 million unique browsers to set yet another milestone for UK newspapers ahead of its US office opening.

NEWSPAPER ABCES: MailOnline passes 50m monthly users

Daniel Farey-Jones — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 15:26:00 GMT

The Daily Mail has pulled away yet further from its online rivals with October traffic measuring 50.1 million monthly browsers, or nearly three million a day, a new record according to the latest ABCe figures.

Kelly u-turns on Perform role to stay at Trinity Mirror digital

Mark Banham — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 15:45:00 GMT

In a shake-up at Trinity Mirror, Matt Kelly has taken a new role at the eleventh hour, despite being named as the new head of online sports video specialist Perform at the end of September.

NEWSPAPER ABCes: Telegraph.co.uk dips in September

John Reynolds — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:16:00 GMT

Telegraph.co.uk was the only UK national newspaper website to lose readers in September, as smaller rival sites cashed in on employees returning to work, according to the latest ABCe figures.