Daily Mail & General Trust, parent company of the Associated and Northcliffe newspaper groups, is considering charging for content on MailOnline and its other consumer-facing websites.
The slump in press advertising saw DMGT’s first-half pre-tax profits swing from £22.6m last year to a £239m loss, including £317m in exceptional items such as impairment charges and redundancy costs. Losses per share were 46p against earnings last time of 15.3p.
