The headlines from “Today’s Newspaper” are available in full and on one page, which is a bonus from a social media standpoint.

Interestingly enough, the only social media nudging to be found is the option to “Digg it” — no comments to build a community, no Newsvine / Reddit / StumbleUpon / Delicious.

What if you subscribe, you ask? You don’t get much more, besides access to the daily section articles from the past 90 days as the top benefit – which begs the question: so when does the free headline content from today’s newspaper get converted to subscription only benefit? Or is only the “inside-the-paper” news part of that perk?

What about the Wall Street Journal’s online content? Well, yes, you can read some of the blog articles for free — so long as you click through “Today’s Newspaper” once again to find them.

Try to click on the “Multimedia & Online Extras” tab and you get the subscription stonewall – shockingly enough, however, by following the trail of blog breadcrumbs from “Today’s Newspaper” associated free links, I get to the “Multimedia & Online Extras” section in full, without subscribing.

Regardless of how you get there, however, yes, you can indeed comment on the blog articles. And even share them on Facebook, Delicious and Digg! I wonder why Facebook and Delicious are options here only?

‘Tis a tangled web we weave of free and subscription-only data that certainly isn’t worth the hassle.