The Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal Counts 30,000 Kindle Subscribers

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 19, 2009 - 12:00pm.

New York - News Corp.'s (NYSE: NWS) The Wall Street Journal currently counts around 30,000 subscribers via Amazon's (NASD: AMZN) Kindle e-book reader, PaidContent reported, citing comments made by Down Jones head Les Hinton on Thursday. With a subscription fee of $15 per month, that translates to about $5.4 million in annual revenues -- although PaidContent notes that Dow Jones's cut would be less than half that figure.

News Corp. Mulls Google News Exit for WSJ, Other Papers

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 9, 2009 - 10:09am.

New York - News Corp. (NYSE: NWS) chairman Rupert Murdoch is considering blocking newspaper content from The Wall Street Journal and his company's other papers from appearing in Google's (NASD: GOOG) news index, The Guardian reported, citing an interview with Sky News Australia. Murdoch added that such a move wouldn't happen until his plan to begin charging users for access to more of News Corp.'s newspaper content online moves forward.

Wall Street Journal to Charge for iPhone, Blackberry Access

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 15, 2009 - 11:38am.

New York - News Corporation (NYSE: NWS) plans to begin charging users for mobile access to The Wall Street Journal on Blackberry (NASD: RIMM) and iPhone (NASD: AAPL) smartphones, CEO and chairman Rupert Murdoch said at an event today, PaidContent reported. The move is expected to come in a few months. Hulu, the online video joint venture between News Corp., NBC Universal and Disney, is also expected to introduce a pay-per-view or subscription model.

Wall Street Journal Launching Social Network for Subscribers

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 15, 2008 - 12:04pm.

New York - The Wall Street Journal (NYSE: NWS) plans to a launch social networking features for its paying subscribers, that will allow them to create profiles using their real names, comment on stories and connect with one another, the Associated Press reports. The Journal Community on WSJ.com is set to debut on Tuesday, alongside a new home page for non-subscribers that will showcase the free-to-read content on the site. "We believe that in the future, social networks are going to be an important means of distributing content and of spreading news, and we want to be a part of those networks," WSJ.com deputy managing editor Alan Murray told AP.

Wall Street Journal Online Subscribers Top 1 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 5, 2007 - 10:37am.

New York - Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ) has announced that The Wall Street Journal now counts over one million paying online subscribers, as subscriptions to WSJ.com increased 25.5% in the third quarter, Reuters reported.