I disagree with Murdoch because the BBC are their own business, thus it should be their decision whether they want to put up a paywall or not. Furthermore as they are a public broadcast provider, it's almost their duty to be providing us with news, without us having to pay. However as the BBC make their profit through TV licences, the public are indirectly paying them.
2) Was Rupert Murdoch right to put his news content (The Times, The Sun) behind a paywall?
As a business man Rupert Murdoch was right to put a paywall up, as his primary goal is to have a profitable business. Furthermore since they have put up the paywall, they have been able to gain approximately 140,000 subscribers and made profits of £361 million. I would agree to some extent of Rupert Murdoch putting up a paywall, as it is benefiting his business. Furthermore as they made a loss of of £28.7 million, it was a turn in the right direction.
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