Rupert Murdoch's Paywall Disaster: All Hate It
Found on Techdirt on Tuesday, 07 September 2010
Beyond the fact that not too many people are signing up to pay, the move has upset advertisers who don't want to advertise to such a small audience.
On top of that, various PR people and publicists are keeping their sources away from Times reporters, preferring to provide access to news organizations where the story might actually get seen by people, rather than locked up behind Murdoch's paywall.
He tried and failed. Just like everybody predicted. Sometimes it actually is a good idea to listen to people.