U.K. Times editor says digital subs now cover cost of 700-strong newsroom
Times editor Tony Gallagher has revealed revenue from digital subscribers is now more than covering the cost of the combined Times and Sunday Times newsrooms.
The Times and Sunday Times had 659,000 digital subscribers at the end of 2025, up 7% compared to a year earlier and double where it was five years ago. Digital-only access costs between £20 and £30 per month.
Gallagher said about a third (214,000) of those subscribers had been added since he became editor in September 2022.
Gallagher, also a former editor of The Daily Telegraph and The Times’ News UK stablemate The Sun, was speaking at the Society of Editors Future of News Conference on Tuesday as he picked up the Fellowship Award.
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