Do you agree with James Murdoch that the BBC should not be allowed to provide free news online?
I can see why Murdoch is saying the BBC should not be allowed to provide free online news, this is because his papers do so. So already they are at an unfair disadvantage. However if you look at it BBC are a non profit organisation and thus they should not have to have pay walls for their online usage as this goes against what they are (working in the public sector). Also there are other news online sources which could affect Murdoch more and with times constantly moving BBC would need to keep their online free, to compete with other news sources.
Was Rupert Murdoch right to put his news content (The Times, The Sun) behind a paywall?
From the figures stated you could say yes he was right in a way. As they gained a lot of subscriptions as well as loads of payers. On the other hand you could say if it was for free he may have got more subscriptions had he not put his content through a paywall. But you can also say audiences may feel that his news may be un bias due to the fact you have to pay for the news and maybe as a result the news may look at both sides of the argument as well as being more accurate and more researched than other news sources.
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