The BBC is introducing a paywall in the U.S.
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Today, the BBC announced it’s introducing a paywall for consumers in the U.S. The move isn’t a total surprise — on June 15, The Guardian reported the plans were in the works — but it is a marked shift in strategy: it’s the first time the broadcaster will directly charge for its journalism…

Time to unfollow them, I guess.

    • @NotSteve_@lemmy.caEnglish
      23•3 days ago

      I love the US defaultism even when they’re talking about another country’s public news station

      (edit: the title originally just said it was adding a paywall without mention of any country)

        • @NotSteve_@lemmy.caEnglish
          5•3 days ago

          I asked OP to update the title in another comment which they did (and appreciate) but it made this comment of mine confusing 😅. The original title didn’t have any mention of which country. It just said they were adding a paywall

        • @NotSteve_@lemmy.caEnglish
          5•3 days ago

          The original title just said something like “BBC is now paywalled” making it sound like it applied to more than 1 of the 195 (worldometers.info recognised) countries in the world.

          I’m not British but it’d be pretty alarming to hear that the BBC was adding a paywall that applied to the British if I was British

          • @errer@lemmy.worldEnglish
            11•3 days ago

            Honestly this sucks balls for the US. One more credible news source made less accessible.

    • BeBopaLulaEnglish
      2•3 days ago

      Would not be surprised if it was not Thiel and gang ensuring only the billionaires newspapers are read by all us plebes by paying BBC to go paywall.