WSJ Finally Beginning To Go Free

Just like their desktop-bound buddies, mobile fans of the Wall Street Journal will finally be able to enjoy opinion and commentary articles for free. TechCrunch reports on the phenomenon:

“By opening the door a little bit with the opinion pages, the Wall Street Journal will be operating two different business models side by side. You can be sure that if the free portion outperforms the paid portion, there will be a lot of pressure to open up the news sections as well.

“Interestingly, when The New York Times tried the same bifurcated model it chose to make its news free and its opinion columnists were supposed to be the big draw for the online subscription service. So are people more willing to pay for opinion or for news? The answer is neither. We all know how the Times’ experiment worked out. It is now completely free.”

For more information on how to access the WSJ from your cell phone, check out the WSJ’s mobile page.

The Wall Street Journal Edges Towards Free [TechCrunch]

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