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Media
Murdoch subscription website plans delayed
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 6 November 2009
Rupert Murdoch has admitted that his grand plan to put walls up around many of his newspaper’s websites, including The Sun and The Times in the UK, had been delayed a little. He had hoped to start turning those newspapers’ websites into subscription operations by next June, but now that is unlikely to happen until later in 2010. Reasons for the delay are unclear, though Murdoch has admitted he is talking to other newspaper groups about collaborating on subscription initiatives, in particular The Telegraph. Though that has, in turn, led to chatter that Murdoch’s grand plan, if it does involve newspaper groups working together on subscription offers, might contravene competition laws. If true, that could delay any launch even further. None of which is good news for a newspaper industry that seems to be relying on the Murdoch empire to find a business model for making online news pay.
