Rupert Murdoch has long threatened to hide some of the news sites in his media empire from search engines such as Google (). It seems he’s finally ready to walk the walk.

The folks from PaidContent saw a preview of the two upcoming redesigns, and the future is indeed looking bleak for non-paying customers. Visitors who aren’t members will be greeted with a login screen and will be unable to view articles.

According to Assistant Editor of The Times Tom Whitwell, the reason you won’t be able to search for articles is to strengthen the distinction between paying and non-paying customers. “The clarity is something that was very important. If you’re asking someone to pay for something, it has to be very clear what they’re paying for,” he said.

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