Since there's some concern regarding the failure to access online edition of Navhind Times and also the likelihood of Herald to have paid subscriptions for online access, the news item regarding Toronto Start putting up a paywall is relevant. More and more newspapers are charging to read content online. The Globe and Mail of Toronto allows a quota of free articles per month just like some in the US.
Eugene Correia ------------- Toronto Star launches digital subscriptions: Publisher Digital Access is a new online-subscription program that will give paying readers full access to all of the award-winning content on our website across all devices. *By:* John Cruickshank<http://www.thestar.com/authors.cruickshank_john.html> News, Published on Tue Aug 13 2013 Today the Toronto Star is launching Digital Access, a new paid digital subscription program that will allow readers to receive full access to all of the award-winning content on our website across all devices, including smartphones and tablets. This marks a major transition for the Star that will help us provide, in print and online, the best and most comprehensive package of news and information in Canada. Home-delivery subscribers who pay for their print subscription through an automatic monthly payment will be able to add Digital Access for free if they sign up by Dec. 31, 2013. If you do not pay for your home-delivery subscription through an automatic monthly payment, you will be able to add Digital Access for $4.99 a month, plus tax. For those who do not subscribe to our print edition, a Digital Access-only subscription will be available for only 99 cents, plus tax, for the first month. Each additional month will be priced at $9.99, plus tax. Subscribers to Digital Access will receive full access to thestar.com, including all the news articles, columnists, investigative reports, profiles, sports, blogs, multimedia features and much more. As a bonus, Digital Access subscribers will receive our “Replica Edition” every day of the week — an exact digital copy of the daily printed paper with added interactive features.
