The Guardian Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==="Membership" subscription scheme=== In 2014, ''The Guardian'' launched a membership scheme.<ref>{{cite web |last=Mance |first=Henry |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/39ad0574-390d-11e4-9526-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3g9bCAVkc |title=Guardian launches paid membership scheme |publisher=FT.com |date=10 September 2014 |access-date=6 March 2016 |archive-date=3 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103172414/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/39ad0574-390d-11e4-9526-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3g9bCAVkc |url-status=live }}</ref> The scheme aims to reduce the financial losses incurred by ''The Guardian'' without introducing a [[paywall]], thus maintaining open access to the website. Website readers can pay a monthly subscription, with three tiers available.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://membership.theguardian.com/choose-tier|title=Join Choose Tier β The Guardian Members|work=theguardian|access-date=16 October 2016|archive-date=19 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019023901/https://membership.theguardian.com/choose-tier|url-status=live}}</ref> As of 2018 this approach was considered successful, having brought more than 1 million subscriptions or donations, with the paper hoping to break even by April 2019.<ref name="guardian-20181112">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/membership/2018/nov/12/katharine-viner-guardian-million-reader-funding |title=The Guardian's reader funding model is working. It's inspiring |last=Viner |first=Katharine |newspaper=The Guardian |date=12 November 2018 |access-date=12 November 2018 |archive-date=12 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112100156/https://www.theguardian.com/membership/2018/nov/12/katharine-viner-guardian-million-reader-funding |url-status=live }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page