The
Murdoch paywall
1) Do you agree with James Murdoch that the BBC should
not be allowed to provide free news online?
I strongly disagree with James Murdoch because the BBC
are a public broadcasting service and they are already earning a revue from households
which have a TV. This means that they have no need to charge extra, for online
news as their main aim is to inform, entertain and educate. Profit and money shouldn’t
come into it as they are a different companies with different goals.
2) Was Rupert Murdoch right to put his news content (The Times, The Sun) behind a paywall?
As a business mogul Rupert Murdoch was right to put a
paywall up, as his primary goal is to have a profitable business. Although since
they have put up the paywall, they have been able to gain approximately 140,000
subscribers and made profits of £361 million. In Rupert Murdoch’s opinion he
would say that the paywall is successful strategic method for him to gain my
money from viewers and subscribers as they are receiving quality news. Rupert
Murdoch putting up a paywall has benefited his business, as they can
reduce their losses.
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