Comment on Harvest hikes bills by 1500% after purchased by Bending SpoonsComments−ChrisArchitect23dhttps://archive.ph/3xFCY (when did BBC.com become paywalled?)−xp8423dI think they realized that deapite their paid-for-by-TV-license status, they can do whatever they want to non-UK traffic.−drcongo23dbbc.com is part of BBC Worldwide, a separate commercial subsidy of the BBC, and not part of the TV license funding.−r72123dThe BBC is introducing a paywall in the U.S.https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/06/the-bbc-is-introducing-a-p... (June 26, 2025)−fuzzfactor23dI sure hope their advertisers are asking for huge amounts of money back since thay can no longer reach millions of people which they were paying to reach previously.
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https://archive.ph/3xFCY (when did BBC.com become paywalled?)
I think they realized that deapite their paid-for-by-TV-license status, they can do whatever they want to non-UK traffic.
bbc.com is part of BBC Worldwide, a separate commercial subsidy of the BBC, and not part of the TV license funding.
https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/06/the-bbc-is-introducing-a-p... (June 26, 2025)
I sure hope their advertisers are asking for huge amounts of money back since thay can no longer reach millions of people which they were paying to reach previously.