Wall Street Journal To Count Online Subscribers
from the all-the-same-to-us dept
Yet another indication of how the news media is moving online. The Wall Street Journal is now going to start counting online subscribers in their overall subscription count. The idea, of course, is to present higher numbers for the sake of advertisers (even if different advertising shows up online as in print), and to suggest good demographic numbers for advertisers.
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My personal answer: No. Either I don't fill out the info at all, or I use the "example" data provided or nonsensical/amusing data.
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