Open Thread

For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: Rupert Murdoch wants to charge for online news.

Rupert Murdoch has vowed to charge for all the online content of his newspapers and television news channels, going well beyond his prediction in May that the company would test pay models on one of its stronger papers within the year...The sweeping decision by the owner of titles including The News of the World and The Australian to abandon the practice of giving away news in exchange for attracting a large audience for advertisers could embolden other publishers warily examining paid content models. "We intend to charge for all our news websites," Mr Murdoch said.

With so much free information available over the Internet, will you pay for any of it?