The Times paywall three years on
- To an extent I agree with James Murdoch's view that the BBC should charge for their online news service as it is in fact paid for via the license fee, therefore there is already a charge for the service. However, for those who do not pay the license fee and still access this free service should be charged; in order to prevent this, usernames or id's could be provided to license fee payers for the BBC's services. On the other hand, it is part of BBC's duty or remit as such to inform its audience; especially in the form of news; so the BBC shouldn't charge online for their news service because people have the right to know what is going on around the world and if institutions decide to put up paywalls, it would be difficult for people to access news as Newspapers would also eventually die.
- Rupert Murdoch is right to put his news content behind a paywall as it is his institution and if he believes the best method of keeping his institution afloat is by charging customers via subscription, then it would in fact be the best method. However, they have had to sacrifice some of their audience in the process as there are institutions such as the BBC and The Guardian who don't charge for their online services; therefore a paywall may not be entirely successful as audiences generally want things for free so what would stop them from changing newspapers entirely. Also, I don't necessarily agree that news should be restricted to those who pay for it as there are other models such as advertising to create revenue so that people can be informed and can receive news for free.
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