Readers react negatively as UBM puts building mag behind paywall

United Business Media has put the premium content of its Building Design website behind a paywall, asking £69 for a year's access and sparking a largely negative reaction from readers.

BD: title moves behind paywall
BD: title moves behind paywall

In a pessimistic blog post from editor Amanda Baillieu she explained that while breaking news, blogs and video content will remain free, comment, analysis, building studies and technical studies will go behind the paywall and admitted readers might go elsewhere.

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