NYTimes.com: "The News Corporation said on Tuesday that it had gained 105,000 paying customers for the digital versions of
The Times and
The Sunday Times of London since it started charging for access to their Web sites this summer. The company said about half of those additions were regular, active subscribers to the newspapers’ Web sites,
iPad application or
Amazon Kindle edition. The rest were occasional purchasers. Another 100,000 readers have activated free digital accounts that are included in print subscriptions to the papers, the News Corporation said. The company’s initiative has been closely watched among media analysts and advertisers because
The Times and
Sunday Times are among the first prominent general-interest newspapers to start charging for their digital content. ... "
