I don't know if I'd get too excited about a .61% circulation increase...
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Wall Street Journal to Begin Charging for Mobile Access to Content
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Dead tree media is going the way of the dodo. Some will cling to life longer than others, but they are all doomed.
Am I the only one who thinks it is stupid to charge for that.
I always been of the opion if you get the daily paper (hard copy) they should give you free access to everything else.
you can get a online only access (cheaper than just the paper) and that comes with mobile access.
That is how the Houston Conical did it for a while. People who paid for the paper had full access to it (online). Now you could read all the stories every day with out paying them anything but with out the fees you could not access any story older than 1 week and the weather had some limitation on it like you could not see any of the extra photos for the articles (only what was in the paper). I did not even know about the photo part until I log in one day and was looking over an article I had read earlier and saw a link to more photos not there before hand. It was really nice that they did not shove it on you at all times like other sites do.
I always been of the opion if you get the daily paper (hard copy) they should give you free access to everything else.
you can get a online only access (cheaper than just the paper) and that comes with mobile access.
That is how the Houston Conical did it for a while. People who paid for the paper had full access to it (online). Now you could read all the stories every day with out paying them anything but with out the fees you could not access any story older than 1 week and the weather had some limitation on it like you could not see any of the extra photos for the articles (only what was in the paper). I did not even know about the photo part until I log in one day and was looking over an article I had read earlier and saw a link to more photos not there before hand. It was really nice that they did not shove it on you at all times like other sites do.
Are the wsj people idiots or do they believe that we are?
the link from within the wsj app to subscribe to wsj.com + wsj mobile reader app at a "BIG" discount is $2.69 a week.
Hopping over to the wsj.com site and clicking the subscribe link:
https://order.wsj.com/sub/f3
The pricing is $2.69 for BOTH the print and online access and I belive the online access inherently gives you access to the iphone mobile reader app news. Wouldn't anyone pay the same price for both print and online as opposed to just online? If so, what are the wsj.com people smoking?
the link from within the wsj app to subscribe to wsj.com + wsj mobile reader app at a "BIG" discount is $2.69 a week.
Hopping over to the wsj.com site and clicking the subscribe link:
https://order.wsj.com/sub/f3
The pricing is $2.69 for BOTH the print and online access and I belive the online access inherently gives you access to the iphone mobile reader app news. Wouldn't anyone pay the same price for both print and online as opposed to just online? If so, what are the wsj.com people smoking?
upgrade
I did the app upgrade, figured I'd try it out
It DELETED or WIPED OUT all the saved articles I had which were most likely locally stored.
really wish they had said this was going to happen, since I was going to read them.
Also, it appears that one has to have a net connection, or at least I cannot figure out how to login now, and THEN get to the my articles area.
Stupid upgrade. Stupid $$ plan.
I did the app upgrade, figured I'd try it out
It DELETED or WIPED OUT all the saved articles I had which were most likely locally stored.
really wish they had said this was going to happen, since I was going to read them.
Also, it appears that one has to have a net connection, or at least I cannot figure out how to login now, and THEN get to the my articles area.
Stupid upgrade. Stupid $$ plan.