This statistic shows the types of digital payments made for paid-for online news content in the United Kingdom as of 2014. Of those who reported having paid to consume news online in the year previous to survey, 47 percent reported making an ongoing payment to a digital news service.
Which of the following types of payment have you used to access paid-for digital news content in the last year?*
Share of respondents
Ongoing payment (subscription) to a digital news service
47%
Single, one-off payment to access an article, website or pdf
22%
Ongoing payment (subscription) to a digital news service as a part of a wider print subscription
16%
Single, one-off payment to access a news app or dowload an edition via a digital newsstand
15%
Ongoing payment for a digital news service as part of a wider cable, broadcast, mobile or other relationship
4%
Ongoing payment to a service that gives me access to multiple digital news sources
All who have paid to access online news in the past year
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
* The original survey question read: "You said you have accessed paid-for online news content in the last year, which, if any, of the following types of payment have you used in the last year?" Multiple answers were possible.
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Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. (June 11, 2014). Which of the following types of payment have you used to access paid-for digital news content in the last year?* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 01, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/297813/digital-news-payment-types-made-in-the-uk/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. "Which of the following types of payment have you used to access paid-for digital news content in the last year?*." Chart. June 11, 2014. Statista. Accessed June 01, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/297813/digital-news-payment-types-made-in-the-uk/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. (2014). Which of the following types of payment have you used to access paid-for digital news content in the last year?*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 01, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/297813/digital-news-payment-types-made-in-the-uk/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. "Which of The following Types of Payment Have You Used to Access Paid-for Digital News Content in The Last Year?*." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Jun 2014, https://www.statista.com/statistics/297813/digital-news-payment-types-made-in-the-uk/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Which of the following types of payment have you used to access paid-for digital news content in the last year?* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/297813/digital-news-payment-types-made-in-the-uk/ (last visited June 01, 2020)
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