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Wall Street Journal to Charge for Mobile Service

Beginning Oct. 24, the WSJ Mobile Reader application, currently available on BlackBerry smartphones and Apple iPhone and iPod touch devices, will require a separate mobile subscription for full access to Wall Street Journal subscription content. The application itself will remain free to download and contain both free and subscription content, emulating the experience found on WSJ.com. As a special promotion, both current WSJ Mobile Reader users and new users who register prior to Oct. 24 will receive a 90-day extension before a mobile subscription is required.

In addition to the new subscription offering, several new features will be added to the WSJ Mobile Reader, including advanced save and share functions, enhanced market data, stock tracking, and personalization capabilities.

Users may subscribe for full access directly from their mobile device. A mobile-only subscription will cost $2 a week, while a mobile subscription combined with either a print Wall Street Journal or WSJ.com subscription will be $1a week. Subscribers of both the print and online editions of The Wall Street Journal will receive free access to all subscription content on the WSJ Mobile Reader.

In conjunction with the launch of the WSJ Mobile Reader subscription offering, the WSJ.com mobile-optimized website (http://m.wsj.com) will also require a WSJ.com subscription for full access to subscription content.

Source: Dow Jones & Co.