The websites for the Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News will be shuttered in December, with Philly.com becoming the sole location for the company's digital products. The changes were outlined in an email to all employees of parent company Interstate General Media.
"In December, we will fold the Inquirer.com and PhillyDailyNews.com sites back into Philly.com, our flagship digital brand," the memorandum said. "What this means is that the standalone newspaper-branded sites will no longer exist and will instead redirect readers to Philly.com, where users will find Inquirer and Daily News journalism featured more prominently and have access to branded Inquirer and Daily News section fronts that represent the editorial voice and judgment of the newspapers."
The Inquirer and Daily News websites were launched in April 2013. The company said at the time that the sites were designed to represent the personalities of each publication. Much of the material was behind paywalls that could only be accessed by paid subscribers to the print editions or by those with digital subscriptions. Philly.com provides free access to Inquirer and Daily News articles.
For now, IGM said the changes mean the web paywalls will go away, though the Inquirer and Daily News replica edition apps will continue to exist as premium products for paid subscribers. Read more about the impact of these changes at PBJ.com
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