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Murdoch's New Internet Strategy for the WSJ

Posted by Zonk on from the strange-days-for-the-paper dept.

Reservoir Hill writes "Once Rupert Murdoch's acquisition of Dow Jones & Company is completed later this year, Murdoch plans to provide free access to The Wall Street Journal's Web site, trading subscription fees for anticipated ad revenue. The WSJ web site, one of the few news sites to successfully introduce a subscription model, currently has around one million subscribers and generates about $50 million annually in user fees. Murdoch's decision to move to an advertising based model comes amid reports that newspaper's online profits margins are skyrocketing worldwide. Murdoch's previous internet initiative, his acquisition of MySpace has worked out very well. He actually first discussed this two years ago when he spoke before the American Society of Newspaper Editors on the role of newspapers in this digital world.""

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  1. New revenue model by TheSlashaway · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Murdoch's plan is to make the newspaper free because his new revenue model is to shape public opinion with articles to buy his investments.

  2. imho by okinawa_hdr · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Rupert Murdoch is not to be celebrated in anything he does; He is what people mean when they say "corporate evil".

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    1. Re:imho by sticky_charris · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      Unless you appreciate Murdoch's sided opinion, xenophobia, over-dramatization and FUD. Clearly a lot of Brits and Americans are lapping it up.

  3. Re:Idiots. they should have done it long ago by TapeCutter · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    New fangled computerised print technology combined with old fashion union busting is how Murdoch turned his millions into billions way back in the 80's.

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    And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage? - Pink Floyd.
  4. Re:Are WSJ readers too dumb to use ad blockers? by aussie_a · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I don't use ad blockers as I prefer to support sites I enjoy. If I don't want to view the ads, I don't steal their bandwidth. Its that simple.

  5. Well give hime credit by Dark_MadMax666 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Mr. Murdoch is very smart businessman and adapts well to new time and technology . That does not change the fact that Murdoch uses its media empire as propaganda in best tradition of Dr. Goebbels. I would not like to see the world where the majority of internet news/commentary sources is controlled by such guy. Thankfully internet is really hard to control now.

  6. Free thought too much for you? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Free thought too much for you?
    Can't handle an opposing view point?
    Oh, that is right liberals only want their diversity to be skin deep. Anything that differs from their GroupThink is ThoughtCrime.
    After all that is why liberals work so hard to shut down the free marketplace of ideas.
    Can't have opposing thoughts.

    Is your hate politically correct hate?
    Do you believe that racism is wrong unless you hate white people?
    Do you believe that sexism is wrong unless you hate men?
    Do you believe that sexual discrimination is wrong unless you hate heterosexuals?
    Do you believe that religious intolerance is wrong unless you hate Christians?
    Do you believe that freedom of speech involves censoring offensive non-Politically Correct speech?
    Do you believe that DoubleThink is hard and that DoubleThink is easy?
    Do you keep such an open mind that your brain fell out?
    Are you a hypocrite and a bigot? Do your friends praise you for it and call you morally superior? Do you think that your bigotry makes you a better person than others?
    If your hate is politically correct hate then the NYT is the paper for you.