Murdoch's The Sun tabloid to charge 2 pounds for online access

LONDON (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch's tabloid The Sun will charge two pounds a week for access to its website in a package with highlights of Premier League soccer matches, publisher News International (NI) said on Monday. The Sun, the country's top-selling newspaper, was the only one of Murdoch's British titles to have content freely available online after The Times and The Sunday Times went behind a paywall in 2010. The paper, which becomes the first popular tabloid to charge for online access, has said it hopes offering football clips will help pull in subscriptions. ...

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