Gavin O'Reilly, the new chief executive of Independent News & Media, owner of The Independent, said that although he had not formalised any plans, he was looking at paid-for offerings on INM's websites, according to a report in The Telegraph.
O'Reilly said: "Our experience has been that the web is a financially deflationary area. I think we will see more and more content moving to subscription.
"We are looking at some charge structure. If we are giving all our content away, it's obviously necessary."
As the media industry continues to struggle with diminishing ad revenues amid the recession, is just one of a number of titles mulling plans to start charging for content online.
News International, owner of , is also considering a paid-for offering for Times Online, according to the Telegraph.
Last month Bill Keller, editor, said that his title was looking into ways to start charging for its content.
His thoughts were echoed last week by Ann S Moore, the chief executive of Time Inc, who
New York tabloid to its website.
Newsday is not the only US newspaper site to charge for content. has a successful subscription-based section on its website, as does the UK's
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