WSJ to charge for mobile reader content

The Wall Street Journal announced last week that it will charge smart device readers a separate fee to access content, beginning Oct. 24.
The Journal will charge mobile-only subscribers $2 per week, while consumers who subscribe to the print or mobile device versions will be charged $1 per week.
Subscribers who pay for print and online access can get the mobile
version for free.
The paper’s Mobile Reader app is currently available to Apple iPhone Touch and BlackBerry smart phone devices. The software will remain free to download, and will continue to contain both free and subscription content, The Journal said.
“There is much value in being constantly and fully briefed, and our WSJ Mobile Reader offers that important service,” said Robert Thomson, editor-in-chief of Dow Jones & Co. and managing editor of The Journal. “Dow Jones journalism is delivered not daily — but minute-by-minute on a mobile device.”