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Shaping the Future of the Newspaper

Date

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Wall Street Journal to begin charge for mobile content

Wall Street Journal to begin charge for mobile content

In a further development of News Corp.'s plan to find revenue in online content, Rupert Murdoch on Tuesday announced that the Wall Street Journal will begin charging for access to its material via mobile devices, Reuters reported Wednesday.

Murdoch made the announcement at a Goldman Sachs conference in New York and said access will become paid for "in one to two months."
The cost of mobile access will start at $2 a week for non-subscribers and $1 for those with subscriptions to the Journal. Those who subscribe to both the print and online version of the paper would receive free mobile access.

The Wall Street Journal has been one of the few successful U.S. papers to charge for access to its online content.

Murdoch also said News Corp. was looking to begin charging for use of video Web site Hulu.com, according to Associated Press coverage of the event. The site has proved a growing rival to YouTube and provides access to full-length television shows and movies in a partnership with The Walt Disney Co. and NBC Universal.

"Are we looking at (Hulu) with a view to adding subscription services there and pay per view? Yes, we are looking at that," Murdoch said, according to the AP. However, he added that "no decision has been made yet."

Author

Leah McBride Mensching

Date

2009-09-16 21:48

Shaping the Future of the Newspaper


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