Wall Street Journal Charging for mobile subscriptions
The Wall Street Journal is going to start charging for using it on your mobile devices. Unless you are a subscriber to both the print copy and the internet portion of the Journal, you have to pay for the mobile service.
Obviously, they are trying to gain revenue that they have been losing over time with less and less people subscribing to newspapers. The article said that the Wall Street Journal is one of the few papers to charge for internet subscriptions so, why not charge for mobile uses?
I can see both sides of this argument. First, I understand the papers need for revenue. On the other hand I don’t think as many readers are going to pay for these subscriptions when you can get other news journals online and on their mobile devices for free. I guess there is no harm in trying to sell some subscriptions.
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I already pay to have the wallstreet journal delivered to my door so if I really wanted to have it on my phone, the factor won't be an issue for me. The wallstreet is one of the few newspapers that I read so even if I'm to pay some format I wouldn't mind to do so. It's a paper I love and very loyal to.
ReplyDeleteI understand that the Wall Street Journal needs to probably make the money they are losing from so many people accessing it on their mobile phones, but in a way it's sort of unfair. I mean people pay for their mobile access on their phones, and they expect to be able to access the full web. I don't think people are going to be too happy about that.
ReplyDeleteFirst off, major props to Wall Street because they'll probably make a killing charging for mobile use. I mean think about it; there are so many high tech phones now-a-days that are easily linked to the internet/newspapers what not, why NOT charge for that access use? I'm sure the people that are reading newspapers on their high tech phones wouldn't have a problem paying a little extra to access what they want to read. I'm sure they already pay a fortune for their phone and service anyways.
ReplyDeleteI think it's a bad idea for The Wall Street Journal to start charging for subscriptions to access it online from anywhere. Ad revenue would be much greater if it continued to give full access to the site but with more advertisements. By charging for subscriptions, The Wall Street Journal will drive readers to other sites because most people simply don't want to pay for what they can get for free.
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