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How to Read Any Paywalled Article From The Wall Street Journal Using Apple News+

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Apple News+ includes a full subscription to all content from The Wall Street Journal, but because Apple restricts the WSJ articles that are shown in Apple News+, it can be hard to access certain paywalled content.

Luckily, a Reddit user recently shared a useful solution that gives you a straightforward way to read any WSJ article on your iPhone or iPad, though you'll need to use Safari to get to content.

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  1. Find a paywalled article on The Wall Street Journal that you want to read using your Apple News+ subscription.
  2. Tap on the "Share" icon at the top of the browser. Make sure to tap the share icon native to Safari, and not the one in the article itself.
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  3. Choose the "Open in News" option.
That's all you have to do. Once you tap "Open in News," the full article from The Wall Street Journal is accessible and can be read in its entirety through your included Apple News+ subscription. There's also the option of searching for the title of an article that you want to read, though that's a bit more of a hassle than simply tapping on the share sheet.

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The Apple News+ section of Apple News and the Apple News app will surface some WSJ content independently, but Apple is sharing general interest stories rather than financial or other content, so this browser workaround method will need to be used for those stories as Apple News+ does not include a WSJ web login.

Apple News+ subscribers should also be aware that older content from The Wall Street Journal is only accessible for a period of three days before it is no longer available. The steps listed here for The Wall Street Journal will also work for other publications with paywalled stories that participate in Apple News+.

Note: This method only works on the iPhone and the iPad as there is no Open in Apple News option when browsing on the Mac.

For more on Apple News+, make sure to check out our dedicated Apple News+ guide. Apple News users can follow MacRumors on Apple News using this link.

Article Link: How to Read Any Paywalled Article From The Wall Street Journal Using Apple News+
 
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Sounds great. Change the model from a 50/50 split to one where Apple gets 15% or less and I'll sign up for Apple News+.

As is, Apple is screwing content producers over.
 
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Speaking of Mac: I'm curious, does it work if you replace https:// with applenews:// in a WSJ's article URL?
 
Note: this tip works only for specific articles, not for sections of the WSJ (like the Opinion Section). If you try to open a section, you'll get a "Content Not Available" error. Just click the link to the article in Safari and then click the share button to open it in Apple News+. This tip will allow me to cancel my WSJ subscription entirely (don't tell them!) as I was concerned you couldn't get to everything. Agree with those who say this is way too difficult (but may have been the deal they had to strike to get the WSJ at all).
 
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I haven't started the free News+ trial yet, but I'm able to still open all of the articles using this method. Shhhh... don't tell...

EDIT: well after doing this several times, it now won't show the full article in News+ but rather tries to get me to do the trial. Oh well. Back to not caring about News+.
 
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whyamihere said:
I haven't started the free News+ trial yet, but I'm able to still open all of the articles using this method. Shhhh... don't tell...

EDIT: well after doing this several times, it now won't show the full article in News+ but rather tries to get me to do the trial. Oh well. Back to not caring about News+.
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Why would you expect this to work without signing up for the free trial?
 
smilyfox said:
Who gives a **** about news ? McR stop with promoting please..
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I care. I would probably never subscribe to most of these magazines and certainly not all of them. In the week I’ve had it, I’ve greatly increased my reading, paying particular attention to stuff that I would normally ignore. Better than echo chamber twitter.
 
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ArtOfWarfare said:
Sounds great. Change the model from a 50/50 split to one where Apple gets 15% or less and I'll sign up for Apple News+.

As is, Apple is screwing content producers over.
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I agree with you but it's the content producers that are allowing it by signing on. Apple gets half and the other half is divided among 300+ other providers.
 
One would hope this convoluted approach will be unneeded in the next A-News update. There's no excuse for having compromised WSJ access as part of the "+" service when the basic A-News WSJ channel for paid subscribers avoids the issue. Pretty disappointing indeed.
 
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I’ve got a universal solution for you. It requires you to copy the link of the page behind the paywall and paste it right here:

http://www.outline.com

Not only do you read the article but it removes all of the scripts and other crap similar to Reader View. And you don’t need any subscription. Works everywhere.

P.S. This solution will not be patched quick. It may never be patched at all!
 
lec0rsaire said:
I’ve got a universal solution for you. It requires you to copy the link of the page behind the paywall and paste it right here:

http://www.outline.com

Not only do you read the article but it removes all of the scripts and other crap similar to Reader View. And you don’t need any subscription. Works everywhere.

P.S. This solution will not be patched quick. It may never be patched at all!
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Tried it with a random WSJ article - doesn't work.
 
Idiotic runaround for an idiotic product you have to pay $10 every month for. Sorry but really. I either pay and get the content or I steal it. But not both
 
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Sorry but as others as mentioned when you need a how to article then you’ve already failed.

I get everyone is critical of Apple these days and yes you can easily point to some good products as well as apples precision at running a business. But this is hot garbage.

I could even rationalize just the magazines but the app is just so bad. Problem is i shouldn’t have to rationalize it.

This simply didn’t deserve its own section in an event. It doesn’t bode well for tv plus which was already a very bad idea. None of this should be cited in an attempt to say Apple is shifting into services.

For a company that prides itself on hardware/software integration, they need to pay much more attention to the software part. Jobs would be yelling how disgusting it is. Heads would be rolling.
 
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Quit HATING on News+. This beats the previous iteration of WSJ - where they charged closer to $30-45 per month, renewed quarterly or yearly, with an absolutely archaic process to cancel [impossible from the app or online - HAD to be a phone call]. Multiple calls, forgetting to "cancel" my subscription . Milked me. Never again.

$10 a month for access WSJ - even the paywalled ones that require a single gesture shortcut to see?

THANK YOU!

Now, will you PLEASE make it easier for me to read WSJ cover to cover???
Without the keyboard kung fu?
 
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rols said:
Tried it with a random WSJ article - doesn't work.
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You’re right. They either changed something on their end or forced outline to filter their stuff. No longer works with NYT, FT nor any of the major papers. This had been working for a long time.

I found this thread on reddit:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.re...tlinecom_no_longer_works_for_the_wsj_paywell/

I’ll keep a lookout for another exploit. It’s just a matter of time before someone develops another method.
 
OK......need Advice. Probably my ignorance ;). I subscribe to Apple+ and primarily did so to get the WSJ. However, I keep running into the paywall problem. So....
iPadPro....updated to 12.3.1
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I get Add to Reading List; Copy; Add Bookmark; Request Desktop Site; Find on Page;

I cannot find "Open In News". Advice?
 
CPTmom2wp said:
OK......need Advice. Probably my ignorance ;). I subscribe to Apple+ and primarily did so to get the WSJ. However, I keep running into the paywall problem. So....
iPadPro....updated to 12.3.1
Safari share box with up arrow
I get Add to Reading List; Copy; Add Bookmark; Request Desktop Site; Find on Page;

I cannot find "Open In News". Advice?
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Here's how I do it: Starting in Safari, I navigate to WSJ.com. I find the article I am interested in (either on the home page or by navigating to a particular section and then opening that article). Then I go to Share Sheet and select Open in News. Open in News is not even toggleable on my Safari browser (Xs), so its not a matter of toggling it: it should be there automatically.

Hope this helps. If it really is not there, you may need to contact Apple support.
 
gwhizkids said:
Here's how I do it: Starting in Safari, I navigate to WSJ.com. I find the article I am interested in (either on the home page or by navigating to a particular section and then opening that article). Then I go to Share Sheet and select Open in News. Open in News is not even toggleable on my Safari browser (Xs), so its not a matter of toggling it: it should be there automatically.

Hope this helps. If it really is not there, you may need to contact Apple support.
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Thank you so much! It works like a charm. I was trying to get in through Apple News instead of Safari so was my error. Open in News was there as advertised .
 
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