Murdoch Reconsidering Paywalls? Delaying Implementation

Courtesy Techdirt  Fri, 11/06/2009 - 19:14

Is Rupert Murdoch flip-flopping on paywalls again? Way back when (i.e., two years ago) Murdoch was a big believer in the idea that news should be free online, and that he could more than make it up with other business models.

But, then, earlier this year, he did a complete flip-flop , declaring that all his publications would put up paywalls, saying that free content is bad, and accusing aggregators and search engines of "stealing" content.

Some speculated...


 

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