Wall Street Journal to charge for mobile access from October 24

Wall Street Journal to charge for mobile access from October 24

Wall Street Journal has announced that their mobile services would go paid from next month.

The company would start charging for access to their services from mobile devices from October 24.

WSJ has apps for Blackberry and Apple iPhones. These apps would now require users to pay for access.

The company however said that subscribers to their print and online editions would get free access to the mobile services.

Gordon McLeod, president of The Wall Street Journal Digital Network added: “Our new mobile subscription model will enable us to continue to invest in the world’s most essential news content and deliver it to our subscribers wherever and whenever they want it. This transition also reinforces the value of our content on mobile, just as we’ve done online for more than a decade.”