Guardian Picks Up Blogger Who Escaped From Murdoch's Paywall
from the just-want-to-be-free dept
This is amusing. The UK’s The Guardian has been a strong advocate of keeping online news free and has pointed out how paywalls are generally a very, very bad idea. Of course, its competitor, Rupert Murdoch’s The Times of London has famously put up a paywall. Right when that happened, we noted that a blogger for The Times had chosen to part ways with The Times, as he had no interest in having his own work hidden behind a paywall where it harmed his own, personal brand. It seemed likely that other top journalists would look for positions that were better for their own careers as well.
Now, in a bit of a snarky move towards The Times, the Guardian has agreed to start hosting the blogger who left The Times. Yes, the Baby Barista blog has jumped from The Times, to its own site, to The Guardian in the course of a month.
Filed Under: bloggers, paywall, rupert murdoch, tim kevan, times+
Companies: news corp, the guardian
Comments on “Guardian Picks Up Blogger Who Escaped From Murdoch's Paywall”
freetard slurs
Funny, I read the Guardian a few months ago, and they kept insulting the mentally handicap with demonstratives like “freetard”?
I dropped them from my feed and requested that they print a retraction, and refrain from slandering the mentally challenged…
Re: freetard slurs
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fucktard
Re: freetard slurs
You probably should have found out what a freetard was before making yourself sound like an idiot by asking them to print a retraction. If you need some help finding out what it is, I’ll help you out a bit. http://tinyurl.com/27sd66u
freetard slurs
Reading Guardian may cause one to become freetard as it’s run by a bunch of greedy retards