Personal 26 Feb 2005 03:34 pm
The WSJ's for-pay method of information dissemination
Wired has an interesting article up on the Wall Street Journal, and its lack of an online presence. I hadn't noticed it honestly, until I read about it. When I travel I usually try to get a copy of the journal from the hotel I'm staying at because it's good reading. But when it comes to my daily intake of online news (my only source) the Journal is conspicuously missing.
The WSJ has opted to require payment in order to access their material online. This has relegated its impact on the web to "insignificant." Much like I wrote about the other day:
The more readily available information is the more impact it's going to have on the world.
The for-pay model that the Journal opted for is outmoded and outdated, and was a bad move. I hope they change it because I enjoy reading it, and I'd like to add it to my collection of resources that I read on a daily basis. Even worse, some of the best, most-insightful, well-written journalism anywhere is going unread by the majority of the online world.
