Michael Learmonth, writing on the Silicon Alley Insider web site, writes that the gains in readership on the New York Times web site since it became free bode well for making The Wall Street Journal’s web site free as well.
“Since WSJ.com offers little significant content to those who don’t subscribe, one could safely project that traffic growth would be even more explosive, especially with the kind of distribution FIM, MarketWatch, and ultimately Fox Business Network could give it. WSJ.com is already breaking down parts of the pay wall: the site added Digg buttons to the bottom of stories last night and is offering free access to articles to people who click through from Digg.
“So the question remains, what will the dotcom punditry do when Murdoch takes the most successful online subscription business and turns it into another ad-supported model?”
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