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The Straits Times Interactive Web site will become
a subscribers-only Web site from 15 Mar 2005. Straits Times Interactive,
managed by SPH Internet Business*, is the online edition of The Straits Times
newspaper. |
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In an email to its 280,000 registered users
yesterday, Straits Times Interactive announced that "after 10 years of giving
ST news reports out for free online, STI will begin charging readers to access
it", saying, "It's also not a tenable business model to charge for the print
edition of the newspaper and not for its online edition." |
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A subscription will cost S$72 for six months (S$12
a month), or S$120 for a year (S$10 a month). A one-month subscription will
cost S$15. STI also has group subscription rates for institutions and
companies. The larger the number of users in the group, the deeper the
subscription discount. Call (65) 6388-3838 or email
stics@sph.com.sg for these rates. |
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With paid access, users get expanded use of the
Web site, including the following: |
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- ability to search back a week's worth of STI
editions, up from the current three days |
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- all the showbiz gossip and lifestyle features
you see in the print edition of Life, up from the present three reports
from Life! and Sunday Life through the week |
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- all news reports in the Money section will be
available from 6am daily, instead of 6pm |
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- Digital Life -- currently available a day after
its print edition goes out with the newspaper -- and health magazine Mind Your
Body -- now not online -- will become available from 6am on the same day they
are distributed with the newspaper. The fashion magazine Urban will also go
online, but later this year |
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About SPH Internet Business |
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*Formerly known as AsiaOne, SPH Internet Business
is the interactive media arm of Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. SPH Internet
Business manages four flagship products: AsiaOne.com, Straits Times
Interactive, Business Times Online and Zaobao.com. Collectively, its news,
lifestyle and services portals command up to 300 million page views per month,
supported by a four million-strong unique audience. |
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Sources:
Straits Times Interactive
Email 23 Feb 2005, www.sph.com.sg |
Straits Times Interactive (STI) to charge for access
