This is Murdoch's attempt to hurt the online ad world which subsidizes many sites Murdoch thinks should be paid. And because they are not paid, they are hurting sites that are going paid...such as the WSJ.
Ah Murdoch.
Ah Murdoch.
Carr has some very valid points however.
(On the other hand he has more than a few other newpaper properties where he thinks he has a problem, something he's experimenting with by putting the London Times behind a pay-wall in stages.)