Dear Author » Wall-Street-Journal http://dearauthor.com Romance, Historical, Contemporary, Paranormal, Young Adult, Book reviews, industry news, and commentary from a reader's point of view Mon, 28 May 2012 15:47:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 WSJ Does Round Up of Blogger Reaction Includes Dear Author http://dearauthor.com/ebooks/wsj-does-round-up-of-blogger-reaction-includes-dear-author/ http://dearauthor.com/ebooks/wsj-does-round-up-of-blogger-reaction-includes-dear-author/#comments Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:55:18 +0000 Jane http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/11/19/wsj-does-round-up-of-blogger-reaction-includes-dear-author/
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    The Wall Street Journal reported on the blogosphere reaction to the Kindle. Apparently my quotable words were “same fugly hot mess we’ve been seeing for months”.

    One of the blogosphere’s question is why Amazon is charging for blog content. I suspect it is because Amazon is not charging for the EVDO access and this is one way to recoup that money. If you look at the fine print, however, Amazon will charge for online access for anything that is not browsing the bookstore and purchasing books.

    The Kindle has already received 103 reviews and counting (average 2.5 stars) with standard review nonsense since hardly anyone has the device. Most of the reviews are too pricey versus the five star “I’m writing this review to counteract all the negative reviews” review.

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    ]]>     http://dearauthor.com/ebooks/wsj-does-round-up-of-blogger-reaction-includes-dear-author/feed/ 6     Murdoch Wants a Free Wall Street Journal Online http://dearauthor.com/features/industry-news/murdoch-wants-a-free-wall-street-journal-online/ http://dearauthor.com/features/industry-news/murdoch-wants-a-free-wall-street-journal-online/#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:31:22 +0000 Jane http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/09/25/murdoch-wants-a-free-wall-street-journal-online/
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    • ]]>     wall_street_journal.jpgRupert Murdoch consummated a deal to buy Dow Jones & Co for $5.6 billion and now is urging the board to make the online Journal free. The Wall Street Journal currently charges $99 and is the only major news site that has an online fee now that the New York Times has eliminated the subscription for its Times Select.

    Murdoch believes that the Wall Street Journal online is losing ad revenue because of the restricted readership and that the increase of views from the elimination of a fee based access would be offset by increased ad dollars.

    Via CNet.com

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    • ]]>     The idea of Rupert Murdoch owning the Wall Street Journal is enough to put shivers down the back of any one in search of “fair and balanced” news but that reality might come sooner than we think. Rupert Murdoch is in talks with the Bancroft Family to have News Corp. (parent corporation of Harper Collins, Fox and the like) purchase Dow Jones & Company (parent corporation of The Wall Street Journal).

    Via New York Times.

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