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Global media big shot, Rupert Murdoch will start charging alll WSJ (Wall Street Journal) subscribers to access online content. Murdoch’s bizarre plan kicks in next month, with a $104 fees for non-print or online subscribers for the WSJ Mobile Reader. There will also be a pay wall for m.wsj.com as well.
All current subscribers will be charged $1 a week more for accessing all the WSJ content right on their iPhones or Blackberry’s. There will be no charge for those who subscribe to both online and mobile. Dow Jones confirmed that these charges will a global fee and that anyone wanting to access WSJ will have to pay. The apps will download for free as the always did and there will still be a small amount of free content, but majority of it will have to be paid for.
This service starts on October 24th but Dow Jones is devising a plan to convert current users to paid subscribers (anyone that subscribed before that date). To make the whole thing a little better, WSJ will be adding the following features: Personalization, stock tracking, advanced saving/sharing, and “enhanced” market data. Unfortunately, print subscribers will not have full access to the mobile browser version of the WSJ.com, only those with WSJ.com subscriptions will get this. It seems Rupert Murdoch’s plan was sane enough to pass, but will it make sense for the readers to pay for their subscriptions when they can get the news from hundreds of other outlets?
(Via PaidContent)
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