The Wall Street Journal (save for the op-ed page) is one of the best newspapers on the planet. Unfortunately, because its content was locked behind a paywall, few knew. That’s changed now as new owner Rupert Murdoch says he’s changing business models from subscriptions to advertising: “We are studying it and we expect to make that free, and instead of having one million, having at least 10 million-15 million in every corner of the earth.”
While there’s lots hedge room there, and nothing will happen until Murdoch’s News Corp. actually acquires the Journal’s publisher, Dow Jones & Company, this is almost surely the final nail in the pay-per-view coffin.
0 responses. Comments closed for this article.