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# Around the Blogs: Murdoch and Paywalls
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2009/08/around_the_blogs_murdoch_and_paywalls/
- Published: 2009-08-06T17:08:07.000Z
- Updated: 2015-04-08T14:35:47.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: Journalism, monetisation, national newspapers, news international, paywalls, rupert murdoch

A few reactions to the [News International news](http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2009/08/the%5Fsecond%5Fpaid%5Fcontent%5Fexperiment%5Fbegin.html?ref=onemanandhisblog.com) from earlier:

- Shane Richmond of *The Telegraph* thinks that it will be [a gift to the competition](http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technology/shanerichmond/100002791/murdochs-paywall-is-a-gift-to-the-competition/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com)
- Jeff Jarvis gave a [quick, negative reaction](http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/aug/06/rupert-murdoch-charging-for-content?ref=onemanandhisblog.com) to *The Guardian*
- Meanwhile, Matt Wells does [a bit of contextual analysis](http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/organgrinder/2009/aug/06/rupert-murdoch-online-charging?ref=onemanandhisblog.com)
- Staci Kramer of *Paid Content* suggests that what emerges from this will be [more sophisticated that “everything behind a paywall”](http://paidcontent.co.uk/article/419-if-wsj.com-is-the-model-news-corp.-isnt-building-a-news-fortress/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com).
- Charlie Beckett does some [entertaining speculation ](http://www.charliebeckett.org/?p=1762&ref=onemanandhisblog.com)on what Murdoch’s motivations are.
- Dominic Ponsford of *Press Gazette* seems to be alone in thinking both that [this is a good thing](http://blogs.pressgazette.co.uk/editor/2009/08/06/23-years-after-wapping-murdoch-plots-online-revolution/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com) and that it will work.