News Corp Will Charge For Newspaper Websites 453
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."
Another smart move from the movers and shakers.... (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.
Re:Another smart move from the movers and shakers. (Score:5, Funny)
What does Murdoch know about making money, anyway?
Re:Well It's a Long Painful Death For ... (Score:3, Funny)
And nothing of value was lost.
Re:Well It's a Long Painful Death For ... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:The P0rn option... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:the sad thing is (Score:3, Funny)
Indeed.
Now if only Fox News would become a "pay-by-the-minute" service...
Re:the sad thing is (Score:5, Funny)
Because it has seen your last few posts and is trying to save you the embarrassment :)
Re:the sad thing is (Score:1, Funny)
The fact of the matter is that (porn excepted) people don't pay for online content. Period. If that means we only get "amateur" news reporting, then that's what it will mean.
If this amateur "news" is half as good as some of the amateur porn I've seen, then great!