By Salamander Davoudi Published: March 29 2011 The Times and The Sunday Times had a combined total of 79,000 monthly digital subscribers at the end of February, up almost 60 per cent over the past four months, according to unaudited figures released by News International. The total was up from 50,000 last November and included subscribers [...]

(Reuters) – Media giant News Corp aims to build its own social-gaming business as valuations of games companies, such as FarmVille maker Zynga skyrocket, its head of digital media said on Wednesday. Jonathan Miller also said News Corp’s The Daily, a newspaper designed for Apple’s iPad, had had hundreds of millions of downloads since its launch [...]

Benedict Evans, Enders Analysis Apr 18, 2010 12:00 AM ET The iPad is a beautiful device that offers new ways to consume and interact with content. Newspapers are piling in with paid services that some – like Rupert Murdoch - hope will offset the decline of their print businesses. But, while there is real money to be made here, it [...]

Kantar Media’s Futureproof study of 2,400 adults reveals consumers are more willing to pay one-off charges for digital content than micropayments Rupert Murdoch has put an end to the culture of free by closing News International’s online content behind a paywall, believed to go live within days. The media mogul’s attempt to change consumers’ “online [...]

Lots of papers on a platform would mean lots more traffic – and income. But can we break the dish-the-opposition habit? Peter Preston The Observer, Sunday 27 June 2010 Those of us following the yellow brick road through Mr Murdoch’s imminent Times paywall know exactly what’s coming next. First we signed up for a free month’s [...]

Mr Murdochs recent radio presentation on ABC Australia Rupert Murdoch at heart is a traditional newspaperman. But he sees the wood for the trees. Newspapers will thrive in the 21st century if proprietors fully comprehend what it means to be alive in the era of information… more

LONDON: Tongue-twister newspaper titles like De Twentsche Courant Tubantia may not have the international name recognition of The Wall Street Journal. But as Rupert Murdoch trains his sights on Dow Jones, owner of the Journal, another veteran of the British newspaper wars is betting on the future of lower-profile publications… more