http://www.themediabriefing.com/article/times-digital-subscribers-reach-140-000-as-paywall-project-reaches-maturity
1. As a consumer of news I completely disagree
with James Murdoch that the BBC should make users pay for their news as we must
pay for it through our TV licence, why should we not be entitled to news that
in truth isn't actually free. Also in my opinion the news should be a right for
people to know as it is essential for people to be aware of current affairs
whether its local or national.
However if I was to look at it from a business
point of view or from James Murdoch's point of view I completely understand his
opposition to the BBC providing news for free. Whilst the BBC provides free
content the newspaper industry and other institutions will continue to decline
and lose money as people will refuse to pay for their content, as they can
simply get it from the BBC for free.
2. I
think that Rupert Murdoch was right to put the Times behind a pay wall as to
survive he must be able to generate revenue and the only way to do this is
through a pay wall subscription. His move can be seen as fairly successful in
that he has gained 140,000 subscriptions, however even this many subscribers is
making the Times and Sunday Times barely any profit and it is still continuing
to lose money.
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