Peter Bale, Times Online editor, has confirmed that foreign correspondents will be encouraged to file as and when their stories are ready so that they may be published on the internet before the printed edition.
Desk staff will edit stories from overseas correspondents then determine whether the story warrants immediate publication on the internet or if it will be held for the newspaper.
This follows a move by The Guardian, announced last week, that it would post certain foreign and business news stories on the internet first.
Also last week, The Telegraph revealed plans to delay publication of stories online until later in the day to encourage sales of its print product.
The Times has been building its online content recently having launched Times TV - an internet news TV channel - and an online celebrity e-magazine.
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