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Wall Street Journal to Begin Charging for Mobile Access to Content
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Hehe, that made me laugh.
Anyway, WSJ is not the only one looking to start charging subscription fees for their product. It will become a regular part of applications now. The method has been tested and now developers (more specifically the companies that employee the developers) will quickly move on the opportunity, and they will succeed.
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Yeah. The WSJ app can lick my hairy sack.
I have the WSJ on my Kindle. It's still free for the next few days because I am in the trial period. After that, it's going bye bye too.
It seems like it would cost more to set up people paying the damn 1-2 dollars than it would to just shut up and offer it for free.
Yeah. The WSJ app can lick my hairy sack.
I have the WSJ on my Kindle. It's still free for the next few days because I am in the trial period. After that, it's going bye bye too.
It seems like it would cost more to set up people paying the damn 1-2 dollars than it would to just shut up and offer it for free.
Really?
I've got a couple of medical Apps, free to download that tere is a fee to get some comtent
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Come again? Whatcha talking about?
How long before the true content creators realize they don't need the WSJ??
I wonder how long before the true content creators realize they don't need the WSJ to be successful ?
When there was a dominant presence ( i e, a NEWSPAPER ) to provide a distribution medium for these content contributors to reach the world market.
They couldn't exist or achieve prominence without that distribution medium.
Today -- start a blog -- place their analysis or work on it and further build their brand and following.
For the truly unique work or analysis - that does have distinct value . Set up a separate Blog and sell that "WHITE PAPER" analysis for that small group who would pay dearly for the advantage that content or analysis would give them.
I'm with the others, the WSJ has just started the long and slippery journey toward oblivion. I can see the TV readers saying. ... "The venerable Wall Street Journal slipped into the annals of History this morning , when it closed its doors...
I wonder how long before the true content creators realize they don't need the WSJ to be successful ?
When there was a dominant presence ( i e, a NEWSPAPER ) to provide a distribution medium for these content contributors to reach the world market.
They couldn't exist or achieve prominence without that distribution medium.
Today -- start a blog -- place their analysis or work on it and further build their brand and following.
For the truly unique work or analysis - that does have distinct value . Set up a separate Blog and sell that "WHITE PAPER" analysis for that small group who would pay dearly for the advantage that content or analysis would give them.
I'm with the others, the WSJ has just started the long and slippery journey toward oblivion. I can see the TV readers saying. ... "The venerable Wall Street Journal slipped into the annals of History this morning , when it closed its doors...
Also, the Sirius XM app is "free" but will not function without a paid subscription.
most news based blogs wouldn't exist without "legacy media". all they do is link to articles and summarize them.
True.. But I thought the SDK rule was, a free app that provide content, or the ability to do a particular task must remain free and if there is to be a charge associated with that app, the free app shall be deemed a "lite" version and a different app is needed for access to all aspects of the app.
I would imagine, the only way the WSJ is getting away with this is because access to its content is subscription based, thus their free app like the Sirius XM app require you to log in to access content that is not inherently included in the app. Therefore, both apps operate within the guidelines of the SDK because their apps serves as a portal to their content, which also means these apps require a constant internet conection and are useless on an iPod Touch without being connected to a wireless network.
i thought i was doing the WSJ a favor by reading it on my iphone and saving them printing costs as well as paying the mobbed up unions to distribute the product to newsstands. Guess they prefer the old way
newspapers' problems is that they gave up the classified market to the internet and now need to charge for content. i they can better their advertising on mobile devices and get a nice classified system back into the newspaper there won't be a need to charge for digital content
newspapers' problems is that they gave up the classified market to the internet and now need to charge for content. i they can better their advertising on mobile devices and get a nice classified system back into the newspaper there won't be a need to charge for digital content
well the main problem that has occured is this....
1900 - very few papers publishing...but the stories they sell generally had value and importance
2000 - alot more papers publishing...more newspapers = more junk due to newspaper trying to sell "different" stories
2009 - blogs taking over newspaper - more blogs = more junk due to blogs trying to sell "different" stories.
as the number of blogs and papers grow...quality and substance go down...Its that simple.
aka..if there was one apple rumor site...i would assume it had more value to add to the world then having 5 apple rumors site each circle jerking each other (pardon my french).
Good luck with that WSJ.
*poof, app deleted*
Waaayy too many free news sources available. They'll see. This model won't work. Time will sort things out...
*poof, app deleted*
Waaayy too many free news sources available. They'll see. This model won't work. Time will sort things out...
Scary thing is that Murdoch believes this will work and I read elsewhere that he plans for all of his sites to charge for content. lots of luck with that.
$1 or $2 a WEEK?! IN ADDITION to my WSJ subscription?
Um, No. I'll enjoy the free business news from the Bloomberg and NY Times apps instead, thank you.
If you wrap this into my print subscription price, I might consider paying it, but an additional $52 or $104 a year is ludicrous.
Um, No. I'll enjoy the free business news from the Bloomberg and NY Times apps instead, thank you.
If you wrap this into my print subscription price, I might consider paying it, but an additional $52 or $104 a year is ludicrous.
I'm an online and print subscriber, and I just logged on to the WSJ app with no problem. If you're already a subscriber, you don't have a problem.
coincidentally, the WSJ is one of the only papers that has always had paid content, and today its the only paper making a profit and seeing circulation numbers go up.
coincidentally, the WSJ is one of the only papers that has always had paid content, and today its the only paper making a profit and seeing circulation numbers go up.
Unless Wall Street can deliver news the second they are published and notify you with a beep that there's new content or update. I don't see why I would pay for this.
The Wall Street Journal today announced that it will begin charging for mobile access to its news content as of October 24th. While mobile applications such as the WSJ's iPhone application will remain free of charge and will offer free access to selected content, full access will require a weekly subscription fee.Users who currently subscribe to both the print and online versions of The Wall Street Journal will continue to have free access to mobile content, but other users will be required to pay fees in order to access the majority of content. Users with either an existing online or print subscription to The Wall Street Journal will be required to pay $1.00 per week for mobile access, while those with no other subscriptions will be charged $2.00 per week. Users who register prior to the October 24th launch will receive a 90-day extension of no-fee access.
Article Link: Wall Street Journal to Begin Charging for Mobile Access to Content
I now use "Fluent News" for my news app.
Sorry, USA today is for kids. (but I have that app, too)
Sorry, USA today is for kids. (but I have that app, too)
