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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. This might work by Phroggy · · Score: 1, Troll

    Consider the ~30% of the population who honestly thinks George W. Bush was a great president. It's not too much of a stretch to imagine that some of them might be willing to pay a monthly fee to get access to foxnews.com, if the alternatives are left-leaning sites like msnbc.com or blogs they've never heard of.

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  2. Re:This is a good thing by TimSSG · · Score: 1, Troll

    The absolute worst thing anybody can do is dehumanize their opposition by calling them sheep and then put them all in ovens.

    Yeah, I agree.

    But, BHO is more of an Russian type Socialist than an German type Socialist.
    Tim S.

  3. Re:This is a good thing by RiotingPacifist · · Score: 1, Troll

    Hey, just because you voted republican doesn't mean you can expect a black man to come over and sort out your mess for free!

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