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Much like the cranky little guy who takes his basketball and storms home, Rupert Murdoch wants any and all stories published by his media outlets to be removed from the index of search engines. According to the Guardian, Murdoch recently told the Australian press (video after the break) that stories from News Corp. outlets (e.g., The Wall Street Journal, the Sun) would be pulled from sites like Google once the company's content becomes strictly pay-to-read. The chairman stopped short of saying exactly when all News Corp. content would become subscriber-based, and thus removed from such sites. Still, this proclamation comes as no surprise. Last month, Murdoch called out Google -- referring to the site as "content kleptomaniacs." But if you ask us, Murdoch is fighting a losing battle. You can't expect people to start paying for content they're accustomed to getting for free. Despite supposed subscription walls on News Corp. sites, people have had a relatively easy time reading without paying -- and that's on the company's own sites. Before "taking his ball and going home," Murdoch might do well to consider this: Just as the people on the court will find another ball, people on the Web will find other ways to get their news. The game will continue. [From: Guardian and Newsweek]
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Subscribe to commentsArtisan3mNov 10th 2009 2:04PM
Murdoch is guaranteed 20-million hits daily from the lemmings that totally rely on Fox for information. Fox will become the clearing ground for all data on the web ~ if it differs from the Murochian presentation, it will be rejected by his 20-million sheeple. For these avid addicts, Fox is gospel truth even when it is wrong on the facts ~ ~ ~ which is quite often. I would never pay for any news service on the web. There are simply too many free ones with higher credibility than the Beck - Hannity - O'Reilly stable. Next, Murdoch will be moving to Pay-for-View ~ and the same 20-million lemmings would pay the fee in order to get their daily dose of conservative propaganda.
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