Murdoch outlines charges coming for iPhone, BlackBerry users.

Rupert Murdoch has told a Goldman Sachs conference that charges will be introduced for those who access the Wall Street Journal’s website via a mobile phone.

The Wall Street Journal owner said the charges would be $1 a week for those with an existing subscription, and $2 a week without.

Fairfax Media New Zealand group head of digital Stephen Smith today confirmed that the company is following its Australian parent’s lead in investigating two levels of access for its online publications.

With the news industry moving to shore up evaporating advertising revenues, Fairfax Media is considering offering two levels of access, free entry for a mass audience, with a charge for more upmarket, high quality data reports The Age.