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Rupert Murdoch to charge for website access
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
It's understandable that News Corp wants to generate a better revenue model for their media outlets but this is going to be a tough sell. They cite the Wall Street Journal (a site that already charged when News Corp purchased it) as the model but there's a big difference between one specialized site versus all of them. There's too much competition today in the industry and not enough single source, original information online. Of course, part of Murdoch's strategy has always been to wipe out competition. Look at the state of the media in Australia where News Corp owns the ...
Murdoch wants to charge people to read what the PR industry spews out
Crooked Timber —
Rupert Murdoch thinks he can charge people for reading The Times online :
Asked whether he envisaged fees at his British papers such as the Times, the Sunday Times, the Sun and the News of the World, he replied: “We’re absolutely looking at that.” Taking questions on a conference call with reporters and analysts, he said that moves could begin “within the next 12 months‚” adding: “The current days of the internet will soon be over.”
Hmm. On Tuesday I attended the Bristol Book Awards. ...
Quote For The Day
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... "The current days of the internet will soon be over," - Rupert Murdoch. He's allegedly going to make you pay to read my column. James Joyner ...
Elections have consequences.
Blue Gal —
Aw jeez. As I said on Twitter, I'm convinced that David Plouffe has autism, because a neurotypical sharing a stage with Karl Rove woulda slugged him thirty 'leven times by now. His WSJ article, click before Rupert puts a TAX on reading it (ha).... In the Bush White House, I served on a five-person committee charged with recommending nominees for Supreme Court vacancies. We had the opportunity to do so twice, though admittedly it took us three nominees. Oh come on Karl, out with it. The one ...
