Wall Street Journal Subscription Model Changing?

FYI, today's Wall Street Journal featured an article about how WSJ.com online is probably going to go to a free subscription model after the sale from Dow Jones is completed. The important part of the article is that they'll keep the premium content behind paid gates, kind of like NY Times Select.

Right now, list price for wsj.com online subscriptions is $99/year.

But the street price is much less if you just look a little further.

e.g. http://1.wallstreetjournaI.googlepages.com offers WSJ.com for $49/year to current print subscribers or $79/year for stand-alone WSJ.com online subscriptions or $9.95 for 30 days -- OR -- you can BOTH the print hard copy of the paper delivered + WSJ.com online subscription COMBINED for $125 for 1 Year 2 Months (60 weeks).

As a print reader to begin with, the $125 for both subscriptions is a no-brainer for me. Usually over $200 for 1 year of the print alone, this deal is amazing for print subscriptions by itself, and then you get online subscription included free. It's great when deals like this come your way.

75% Off Discount for The Wall Street Journal Subscription

This is a major deal alert:

• You can get 1 full year of the Wall Street Journal delivered to home or office for only $99 + 8 weeks free.
• You can get 1 full year of the Wall Street Journal ONLINE for $79, normally $99 ($49 if you already subscribe to the print edition)
• But you can get BOTH WSJ ONLINE + PRINT EDITION DELIVERED for $125 TOTAL!
• If you're just doing research for a paper, project or something else short-term, you can get a month-to-month subscription to the WSJ.com online site for $9.95/month.

GET A 1 YEAR SUBSCRIPTION TO WSJ.COM FOR $26

Think of it this way -- if you were going to order the WSJ for delivery, then you can get the online edition for only $26 more.

or. . . GET A 1 FULL YEAR + 8 WEEKS FREE OF HOME OR OFFICE DELIVERY OF THE WALL STREET JOURNAL FOR $26

If you were going to subscribe to WSJ.com online for the regular price of $99, you can get 1 full year of home delivery for only $26 more.

or. . . GET BOTH WALL STREET JOURNAL PRINT DELIVERY PLUS WSJ ONLINE SUBSCRIPTION FOR $2/week

And as a reward for getting BOTH together at once, WSJ is throwing in 8 free weeks additional! That's 60 weeks total for the price that's 75% off! Wow.