The Times

==Content==
''The Times'' features news for the first half of the paper; the Opinion/Comment section begins after the first news section with world news normally following this. The business pages begin on the centre spread, and are followed by The Register, containing obituaries, a Court & Social section, and related material. The sport section is at the end of the main paper. In April 2016, the cover price of ''The Times'' became £1.40 on weekdays and £1.50 on Saturdays.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/apr/14/the-times-increases-cover-price-by-20p-the-first-rise-in-two-years |title=The Times increases cover price by 20p, the first rise in two years |newspaper=The Guardian |date=14 April 2016|author=Mark Sweney|access-date= 9 September 2016 |archive-date=24 February 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224054245/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/apr/14/the-times-increases-cover-price-by-20p-the-first-rise-in-two-years}}</ref>

===''Times2''===
''The Times''{{'}} main supplement, every day, is the ''times2'', featuring various columns.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BcZwCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA117|title=Literary Research and British Postmodernism: Strategies and Sources|last1=McCafferty|first1=Bridgit|last2=Hartsell-Gundy|first2=Arianne|date=2 September 2015|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-4422-5417-6|pages=117|language=en|access-date=28 December 2019|archive-date=21 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240321131721/https://books.google.com/books?id=BcZwCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA117#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_cSOAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA17|title=Reclaming Childhood: Freedom and Play in an Age of Fear|last=Guldberg|first=Helene|date=7 May 2009|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-22626-8|pages=17|language=en|access-date=28 December 2019|archive-date=21 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240321131625/https://books.google.com/books?id=_cSOAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA17#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref> It was discontinued in early March 2010,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2010/feb/17/times-set-axe-times2 |archive-date=24 February 2024 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224053122/https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2010/feb/17/times-set-axe-times2|title=Times set to axe Times2 supplement as staff await news of job cuts|last=Brook|first=Stephen|date=17 February 2010|work=The Guardian|access-date=28 December 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nationals/times2-is-axed-five-years-after-launch/|title=Times2 is axed five years after launch|last=Ponsford|first=Dominic|date=2 March 2010|website=pressgazette.co.uk|language=en|access-date=28 December 2019|archive-date=24 February 2024|url-status=live|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20240224050212/https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nationals/times2-is-axed-five-years-after-launch/}}</ref> but reintroduced on 12 October 2010 after discontinuation was criticised.<ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/oct/11/times2-the-times|title=Times revives Times2 supplement|last=Plunkett|first=John|date=11 October 2010|work=The Guardian|access-date=28 December 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=24 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224052951/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/oct/11/times2-the-times |url-status=live}}</ref> Its regular features include a puzzles section called ''Mind Games''. Its previous incarnation began on 5 September 2005, before which it was called ''T2'' and previously ''Times 2''.<ref name="auto"/> The supplement contains arts and lifestyle features, TV and radio listings, and theatre reviews. The newspaper employs [[Richard Morrison (music critic)|Richard Morrison]] as its classical music critic.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/youngmusician/sites/competition/judges/grandfinal/richard_morrison.shtml|title=BBC Young Musician of the Year 2008|website=www.bbc.co.uk|access-date=28 December 2019 |archive-date=24 February 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224053512/https://www.bbc.co.uk/youngmusician/sites/competition/judges/grandfinal/richard_morrison.shtml}}</ref>

===''The Game''===
''The Game'' is included in the newspaper on Mondays, and details all the weekend's football activity ([[Premier League]] and [[Football League Championship]], [[Football League One|League One]] and [[Football League Two|League Two.]]) The Scottish edition of ''The Game'' also includes results and analysis from [[Scottish Premier League]] games. During the [[FIFA World Cup]] and [[UEFA]] Euros there is a daily supplement of The Game.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://newscommercial.co.uk/brands/the-times/the-game|title=The Game – The Times {{!}} News UK – The Bridge|website=newscommercial.co.uk|access-date=28 December 2019|archive-date=7 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200307131754/https://newscommercial.co.uk/brands/the-times/the-game|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Saturday supplements===
The Saturday edition of ''The Times'' contains a variety of supplements. These supplements were relaunched in January 2009 as: ''Sport'', ''Saturday Review'' (arts, books, TV listings and ideas), ''Weekend'' (including travel and lifestyle features), ''Playlist'' (an entertainment listings guide) and ''The Times Magazine'' (columns on various topics).<ref name="newspaper-history">{{Cite web|date=13 November 2019|title=Full History of the Times Newspaper|url=https://www.historic-newspapers.co.uk/blog/the-times-newspaper-history/|access-date=5 November 2020|website=Historic Newspapers|language=en-GB|archive-date=2 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202040519/https://www.historic-newspapers.co.uk/blog/the-times-newspaper-history/|url-status=live}}</ref>

====''The Times Magazine''====
''The Times Magazine'' features columns touching on various subjects such as celebrities, fashion and beauty, food and drink, homes and gardens or simply writers' anecdotes. Notable contributors include [[Giles Coren]], Food and Drink Writer of the Year in 2005 and [[Nadiya Hussain]], winner of ''[[The Great British Bake Off]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/what-nadiya-did-next-mpvpnhv337d|title=What Nadiya did next|last=Carpenter|first=Louise|date=14 November 2015|work=The Times|access-date=28 December 2019|language=en|issn=0140-0460|archive-date=28 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228221816/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/what-nadiya-did-next-mpvpnhv337d|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Online presence===
{{Redirect|The Times Online|the online version of ''The Beaver County Times''|The Beaver County Times}}
''The Times'' and ''The Sunday Times'' have had an online presence since 1996, originally at ''the-times.co.uk'' and ''sunday-times.co.uk'', and later at ''timesonline.co.uk''. There are now two websites: ''thetimes.co.uk'' is aimed at daily readers, and the ''thesundaytimes.co.uk'' site at providing weekly magazine-like content. There are also [[iPad]] and Android editions of both newspapers. Since July 2010, [[News UK]] has required readers who do not subscribe to the print edition to pay £2 per week to read ''The Times'' and ''The Sunday Times'' online.<ref>{{cite news|date = 26 March 2010|title = Times and Sunday Times websites to charge from June|url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8588432.stm|work = [[BBC News]]|access-date = 26 March 2010|archive-date = 13 December 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171213071615/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8588432.stm|url-status = live}}</ref>

Visits to the websites have decreased by 87% since the paywall was introduced, from 21 million unique users per month to 2.7&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11671984 |title=Times and Sunday Times readership falls after paywall |work=[[BBC News]] |date=2 November 2010 |access-date=2 November 2010 |archive-date=2 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101102081233/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11671984 |url-status=live }}</ref> In April 2009, the ''timesonline'' site had a readership of 750,000 readers per day.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bgb.co.uk/times-online-travel-editor-insight/ |title=Times Online travel editor insight |author=Hindle, Debbie |date=6 April 2009 |publisher=BGB |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303043207/http://www.bgb.co.uk/times-online-travel-editor-insight/ |archive-date=3 March 2013 |access-date=11 February 2015}}</ref> In October 2011, there were around 111,000 subscribers to ''The Times''{{'}} digital products.<ref>{{cite press release|date = 14 October 2011|title = Digital subscribers to The Times and The Sunday Times continue to grow|url = http://www.newsint.co.uk/press_releases/digital_subs.html
|publisher=[[News UK|News International]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114030351/http://www.newsint.co.uk/press_releases/digital_subs.html|archive-date=14 November 2012|access-date=11 February 2015}}</ref> A [[Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism|Reuters Institute]] survey in 2021 put the number of digital subscribers at around 400,000, and ranked ''The Times'' as having the sixth highest trust rating out of 13 different outlets polled.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nic Newman|date=2021|title=United Kingdom|url=https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/digital-news-report/2021/united-kingdom|website=[[Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism]]|language=en|access-date=5 October 2021|archive-date=5 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211005094551/https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/digital-news-report/2021/united-kingdom|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Times Digital Archive is available by subscription.