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# Coming out from the walled garden - Globe and Mail
- URL: https://katecarruthers.com/coming-out-from-the-walled-garden-globe-and-mail/
- Published: 2008-06-03T01:49:00.000Z
- Updated: 2008-06-03T01:49:00.000Z
- Author: Kate Carruthers
- Tags: ideas, #Migrated-1775015344493, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-04-01 14:49

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In really interesting move the Canadian news site [Globe and Mail](http://www.theglobeandmail.com/?ref=katecarruthers.com) have just opened up their site for free. No more walled garden!  
  
As they put it "[the locks are off](http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080531.wnote0531/BNStory/Front/home?ref=katecarruthers.com)" and "every Globe columnist, daily horoscopes, crosswords, Sudoku puzzles and a suite of news-tracking tools are now free. Margaret Wente, Christie Blatchford, Jeffrey Simpson and the rest of The Globe's best-known columnists can join the fray and add their talented voices to the

 freewheeling conversations of the Internet era

." (my italics)  
  
Simultaneously they appear to have launched a new premium paid service called **Globe Plus** that gives access to more detailed information.  
  
I suspect that this is a beginning of a trend towards opening up of basic services for free and paid premium services. After all, it seemed to work for [Flickr](http://flickr.com/?ref=katecarruthers.com).  
  
\[Hat tip: [Matthew Ingram](http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/06/02/globe-and-mail-pay-wall-comes-down/?ref=katecarruthers.com)\]  
  
By Carruthers via [Aide-mémoire](http://carruthk.blogspot.com/?ref=katecarruthers.com)  
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