What's Really Going on Behind Murdoch's Paywall?
Found on Newser on Friday, 16 July 2010
My sources say that not only is nobody subscribing to the website, but subscribers to the paper itself-who have free access to the site-are not going beyond the registration page. It's an empty world.
"Why would I get any of my clients to talk to the Times or the Sunday Times if they are behind a paywall? Who can see it? I can't even share a link and they aren't on search. It's as though their writers don't exist anymore."
So the Times and Sunday Times will vanish from the world of interesting sites. Big deal. There are enough ways to get the latest information online; it's not like Rupert has the only right to deliver news. This isn't the kind of competition he grew up with.