Uncle Rupert has decided that News Corp will charge for all news websites.  This is a massive turnaround and a revolutionary decision by News Corp.
In a nutshell, I think it’s a good strategic ploy. ¬†As a decision in isolation – I think it will bomb miserably. ¬†However, if it’s an elaborate ploy to get Google to pay some sort of re-posting licence or some other means of getting search engines to contribute to revenues of content creators such as News Corp, then sure, it’s a good move. ¬†Murdoch is a shmart cookie, who will have thought well ahead on this one.
Interesting times!