Irishnews.com drops subscription fee

O’Conall Street wants to congratulate the Irish News  for making it’s online edition free to all. The best online newspapers are free online and the trend is increasingly to drive revenues from online advertising.

Slugger O’Toolehas already supported this move and I am sure more cyberscribes will too. In Northern Ireland, The Newsletter is already free online as is the current edition of the Belfast Telegraph. The Irish Times has stubbornly, and in my view mistakenly, kept Ireland.com as a subscription site whilst the Irish Independent and Examiner are available free.

None of the Northern sites host blogs. I guess this will come in the fullness of time.