Wall St. Journal to Make Web Site Free, Murdoch says

November 14, 2007 · Share This · 2 Comments

Update: After reports Tuesday that Rupert Murdoch, the chairman of the News Corporation, says he expects to make access to The Wall Street Journal’s Web site free, a top Dow Jones executive told Editor and Publisher the comments were premature.


Update: After reports Tuesday that Rupert Murdoch, the chairman of the News Corporation, says he expects to make access to The Wall Street Journal’s Web site free, a top Dow Jones executive told Editor and Publisher the comments were premature.

Making the site free would mean giving up $50 million a year in subscriber fees with the hopes of growing the site’s traffic enough to earn even more in ad revenue.

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2 Responses to “Wall St. Journal to Make Web Site Free, Murdoch says”

  1. Zorin on November 14th, 2007 7:19 am

    A clever move!
    Knowledge should be free :)!

  2. David Bagdy on December 14th, 2007 12:16 pm

    All news sites should be free with ample opportunity to evaluate content. David Bagdy

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