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Murdoch Says, "We'll Charge For All Our Sites"

Posted by timothy on from the subverting-the-dominant-paradigm dept.

Oracle Goddess writes "In what appears to be a carefully planned suicide, Rupert Murdoch announced that his media giant News Corporation Ltd intends to charge for all its news websites in a bid to lift revenues, as the transition towards online media permanently changes the advertising landscape. 'The digital revolution has opened many new and inexpensive methods of distribution, but it has not made content free. Accordingly we intend to charge for all our news websites,' Murdoch said."

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  1. Re:What a nice gift to progressives by mrsam · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    It proves nothing. You can call a rose,a rose; and a pig, a pig; without being one your self. The history of Fox news is documented even in court cases...

    The only thing that's really documented is your mindless parroting of the left-wing talking points that "Florida Court of Appeals unanimously agreed with an assertion by FOX News that there is no rule against distorting or falsifying the news in the United States".

    The real story is not exactly that. Jane Akre and Steve Wilson sued under Florida's whistleblower law, which provides protection only for employees who report misconduct which is against an "adopted law, rule, or regulation". Unfortunately, what Akre & Wilson site wasn't a law, but an FCC policy, so the appellate court ruled that the state whistleblower law did not apply. Which is a far cry from the left-wing kook fringe's mischaracterization of Fox News' position that "there are no written rules against distoring news in the media.

    You should really stop mindlessly parroting what you read on your left-wing kook sites, and think for yourself.

  2. They want us to pay for that shit called News? by Jackie_Chan_Fan · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    There is no way I would pay for that right wing, nut job, propaganda they call NEWS....

    Its bad enough that news in general is pathetic... but Murdoch is out of his fucking mind if he thinks anyone finds his "news" outlets are worth paying for.

    Then again, Fox News viewers are the same nut jobs that pay every sunday to worship a fucking fairytale. I guess "How real" the content is, doesnt matter in either situation.

    March on Nazis.... March on.

  3. Re:Bye, bye. by oenone.ablaze · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Where were they when we spent billions of government dollars on undeclared wars and racked up a huge deficit during the Bush years? Hypocrisy much?