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News Corp Will Charge For Newspaper Websites

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the probably-not-for-fox-news dept.

suraj.sun writes "Rupert Murdoch says having free newspaper websites is a 'flawed' business model. Rupert Murdoch expects to start charging for access to News Corporation's newspaper websites within a year as he strives to fix a 'malfunctioning' business model. Encouraged by booming online subscription revenues at the Wall Street Journal, the billionaire media mogul last night said that papers were going through an 'epochal' debate over whether to charge. 'That it is possible to charge for content on the web is obvious from the Wall Street Journal's experience,' he said."

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  1. Another smart move from the movers and shakers.... by wild_quinine · · Score: 5, Funny

    Rupert Murdoch says having free newspaper websites is a 'flawed' business model. Rupert Murdoch expects to start charging for access to News Corporation's newspaper websites within a year as he strives to fix a "malfunctioning" business model.

    On the other hand, everytbody knows that charging for something that everyone else provides for free is a winning strategy.

  2. Re:Another smart move from the movers and shakers. by mariox19 · · Score: 5, Funny

    What does Murdoch know about making money, anyway?

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  3. Re:Well It's a Long Painful Death For ... by elrous0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    If we get really lucky, he'll start charging for foxnews.com too.

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