UK newspapers The Times and The Sunday Times set pound a day charge for Web access

UK’s Times newspapers to charge for Web access

LONDON — The Times and The Sunday Times newspapers will begin charging for Internet access to content in June, offering subscriptions at 1 pound ($1.48) a day or 2 pounds a week.

The owner, News International, said Friday that access to the digital services will be included in the seven-day subscriptions of print customers to The Times and The Sunday Times.

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., parent company of News International, announced in August that all titles would move to charging for Web access.

News Corp. owns the Wall Street Journal, which has one of the most successful pay-for-news Web sites.

News International’s chief executive, Rebekah Brooks, indicated that paid subscriptions would also be introduced for The Sun and News of the World, but did not say when.