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sundersays.bsky.social • 4 days ago

There are about 238,067 Observer articles in the Observer archive on the Guardian website
https://www.theguardian.com/theobserverarchive

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agendaforreform.bsky.social•4 days ago

All duly scraped for free by AI!

sundersays.bsky.social•4 days ago

"About 238,067 results for The Observer archive" is what it says at the foot of the page

sundersays.bsky.social•4 days ago

This new https://Observer.co.uk site will presumably be appearing between now and Sunday

https://observer.co.uk/

alanrew.bsky.social•4 days ago

Presumably this will be paywalled from day one?

gautampk.com•4 days ago

Free for now, paywall to come in Summer, according to this Press Gazette article

https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nationals/observer-tortoise-launch/

sundersays.bsky.social•4 days ago

I haven't seen anything about the plans. But it would make intuitive sense to have some free access, at the start, or at least to a limited number of articles, to build an audience and to market a new site as well as the paper

alanrew.bsky.social•4 days ago

Yes, makes sense.

sundersays.bsky.social•4 days ago

I was the very first https://observer.co.uk editor - in January 2001 - and then succeeded in the role by @rafaelbehr.bsky.social in 2003

norrette.bsky.social•4 days ago

We're you also Sunny Kat on Blogger?

sundersays.bsky.social•3 days ago

No. But maybe I should try to steal/compete for that brand!

sundersays.bsky.social•4 days ago

Sunder Katwala (26) from the January 2001 photoshoot as the new site editor then continued to be my Observer byline picture ever since!

sundersays.bsky.social•4 days ago

Press Gazette report on initial Tortoise plans for Observer in print and online. Both print and online are being more fully redesigned later. Intend to paywall the site in the summer
https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nationals/observer-tortoise-launch/

paulconvery.bsky.social•4 days ago

I might write a bit of code to swipe the archive before it gets paywalled then.

petersbeaumont1.bsky.social•4 days ago

Raises an eyebrow wearily

rafaelbehr.bsky.social•4 days ago

Reminds me I really need to update my Guardian byline pic, which is now around 10 years out of date.

seaseaseasiders.bsky.social•4 days ago

Interesting. When I buy the guardian I read your stuff. Wonder how much you have changed from your profile picture 👀

macalbatross.bsky.social•4 days ago

The shock I most remember was Barney Ronay going from a fresh faced fellow for years to someone who looked like he'd paid even more attention to the Brexit wars, than you, overnight.