According to Mashable Rupert Murdoch plans to start charging people who read all his publications online. They have charged up to now for access to The Wall Street Journal.
Most readers agree with Mashable that it’s not a workable proposition as does The Guardian. They report that Murdoch’s master plans start in November when on a trial basis he will start the test on the Sunday Times website.
The Sunday Times has a printed readership of 1 million copies each week-end. The aim is to have all his news websites up by the middle of next year.
This is going to be an interesting one to watch from a social media point of view as it’s either going to be a big success other publisher’s will follow or a big failure. Watch this Blog for updates on how the experiment goes.
