WSJ: First They Go Color, Now It's Social Media!

ARS Technica is reporting that WSJ is introducing social media content and functionality to its much anticipated too long in coming redesign. This screen shows you what they're planning:



My friends, I'm guessing we will be seeing the first three digit CPM for social media. Maybe that's hyperbole, but I don't think so. The folks at the Journal are smart enough to know that to truly monetize these pages they are going to need to really integrate messages into the discussion.

Let's just hope News Corp doesn't bring the bling from MySpace pages on over. Cuz I would hate to see this sort of thing in the grand dame of financial news:



Holla Holla WSJ!

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