[Displaced Flames fan]

Originally Posted by Bobblehead

I was just reading an article about Rupert Murdoch. The article is primarily discussing how Murdoch is upset that his companies doesn't get the names of the people who purchase Kindle subscriptions for his newspapers (the Wall Street Journal is mentioned). http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/08/...names-or-else/

But then he said something else:

Is he shooting himself in the foot? I understand mass media are hurting big time, but early on many tried to charge for news and they lost all their readers to places with the same news for free.

Would you pay for access to online news?

It's actually brilliant.

Where else are these people going to get similar news for free?

They offer a unique product to a certain market and they dominate it. If they charge, they'll make a killing.