Johnston Press, the second biggest local newspaper publisher in the UK, has announced it is to conduct pay-wall trials on three of its papers.The publisher owns around 300 newspapers in the UK and in a bid to stave off low advertising revenues, it is looking into asking readers to pay for the news it puts on the web.The newspapers which are to be put behind a pay-wall are the Northumberland Gazette, the Whitby Gazette, the Worksop Guardian, the Ripley & Heanor News (all based in England) and the Southern Reporter and the Carrick Gazette (based in Scotland).Charging for contentIt is just a trial at the moment, with Johnston Press looking to charge £5 for three months of complete web access. If you're against paying such a fee, then you'll be directed to a site to buy the newspapers.The idea of a pay-wall for news content seems to be gaining momentum. This is mainly due to the announcement that Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation is to erect its own pay-wall for the Sun and the Times as early as next year.Related StoriesIn Depth: The new generation of kick-ass web appsOnline retailers reveal Mega Monday confusionTwitter named most popular word of the yearJackson tops Bing US searches for 2009Google announces UK's 2009 search trends
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