Pearson's Financial Timesnewspaper has announced a subscription service for its FT.com website.
The newspaper, which expects its website to break even by the end of this year, said today it would charge £75 sterling a year for full access to its five-year news database, a new search engine and archives of the widely read daily financial comment Lex.
Access to the latest news, a daily Lex column and a one-week archive would continue to be free, it said.
A second, £200 pound-a-year subscription would provide access to a more extensive news database, which includes 12 million articles from over 500 media sources and financial data on 18,000 listed companies in 55 countries.
The subscription service would start in May.
The newspaper said subscription income was expected to generate some 10 per cent of the site's revenues this year, alongside advertising, syndication and e-commerce. FT.com said it had some 2.7 million unique users.
Rival financial newspaper Wall Street Journalcharges for access to most of its website.