Forget the noise about the Wall Street Journal's content going all-free now that Rupert Murdoch owns the shop.The Journal has just liberated its op-ed content (opinion pieces and editorials), but told would-be freeloaders: "It's as close as we'll get to conceding there is such a thing as a free lunch." Say what? As in, that's all folks?
Wait. Here's a further piece of clarification from the new combined editorial and Opinion Journal page: "Please enjoy our message of free people and free markets -- for free."
Now we know. For free.
Update 1/25: Rupert Murdoch told a panel at the World Economic Forum that there would still be limits on the Journal's online content. "The really specialized (material) giving the greatest insights, that will still be a subscription service," he said. (Hat tip to Reuters)
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