Read Wall Street Journal For Free Without Subscription

To read all the articles in Wall Street Journal, you need to subscribe it for $79 a year. But if you just want to browse an article or two and don’t need a subscription, then you have to try other methods described in this article.

But before that here is an example:

Try reading this Wall Street Journal article “Microsoft Enlists Jerry Seinfeld In Its Ad Battle Against Apple“ directly.

You will be able to see only a partial article. In order to read the full article, try any of the following methods:

1. Google News:

a. Visit Google News Link http://news.google.com

b. Type “Microsoft Enlists Jerry Seinfeld In Its Ad Battle Against Apple“ in the search area.

c. You will see the Wall Street Journal link, click the link to see the full article.

Wall Street Journal allows Google to access its website in a method via “First Click Free” to by pass user registration and subscription requirement.

So, find the Wall Street Journal article you like and then go to Google News to access the full WSJ article.

2. Digg.com:

It works the same way as Google News, but you won’t have much choice like Google News, but whenever you see a Wall Street Journal article cited by a Digg Post, you will be able to access it for free. Wall Street Journal allows any user to see its article via Digg.com gateway.

3. Firefox Add-on Refspoof:

This is the complex method of the three. This is useful when the above two methods don’t work.

1. Go to WSJ.com.
2. In the refspoof toolbar's "spoof:" field, type "digg.com."
3. Also in the refspoof toolbar, click the R icon, and select "static referrer."
4. That's it. Click around the site; the WSJ thinks each click is coming from Digg. The WSJ is now yours for free!

That’s it, you can browse and read any article in Wall Street Journal for free. You can also access other paid articles from other publications the same way but some may not work.