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WSJ Plans Micro-Payments for Web Access

News Corp. paper will charge for individual articles

By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff

Posted May 11, 2009 6:31 AM CDT

(Newser) – The Wall Street Journal will introduce a system of micro-payments for access to articles on its website, becoming the first newspaper to charge readers for individual stories. The service will target casual users unlikely to pay more than $100 for an annual online subscription, editor-in-chief...   Read full story »

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