Information Research Weblog

Readers of the Guardian newspaper's online resources are going to be required to pay for access to some parts according to a BBC News item.

"The realities of web publishing mean that we also have to seek opportunities to maximise our revenues," said Emily Bell, the editor-in-chief of Guardian Unlimited.

I assume that newspapers regard their Web sites as part of the marketing budget and I imagine that the costs are a closely kept secret. Given available technologies I imagine that, once the site is designed, a great deal of the content is automatically generated from the news service feeds and the newspaper's own databases. However, I don't recall papers on this subject coming to my attention. Does anyone know?