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Rupert Murdoch Hates Google, Loves the iPad
Hugh Pickens writes "The Register reports that News Corp boss Rupert Murdoch, speaking at the National Press Club in Washington, reiterated his disgust at how search engines handle news and called on old media to rethink how their stories are distributed on the web. 'It's produced a river of gold, but those words are being taken mostly from the newspapers,' said Rupert. 'I think they ought to stop it, that the newspapers ought to stand up and let them do their own reporting.' Murdoch added that the iPad was a 'wonderful tool' for listening to music, watching videos and reading newspapers. 'It may well be the saving of the newspaper industry,' by making it cheaper to distribute content to a broader audience, Murdoch said. 'I'm old, I like the tactile experience of the newspaper,' Murdoch said. '(But) if you have less newspapers and more of these, that's OK. It doesn't destroy the traditional newspaper, it just comes in a different form.'"
Get over yourself Rupert. We are all tired of hearing your bitching!
It doesn't exactly help dispel the notion that the iPad is for douchebags.
If libertarians are so opposed to effective government, why don't they all move to Somalia?
Unless newspapers delivered via iPad are going to consist of something other than lightly-edited wire stories and insubstantial fluff reporting, they're not going to be a whole lot more appealing than the paper kind, and arguably less appealing, since lining the bottom of bird cages with iPads will be prohibitively expensive. And don't get me started on how much it would cost to pack boxes for a move.
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The only way this could get worse for Apple is if Osama Bin Laden reads his next set of crazy pronouncements off an iPad.
Mod me down, my New Earth Global Warmingist friends!
Right, except there's a logic to his madness. Murdoch loves the idea of people paying 15 dollars a month to read foxnews.com or the WSJ on the ipad. Its a tempting offer, I hear every new subscriber gets a free vial of Glenn Beck's tears and a used mustache comb once owned by Geraldo Rivera.
Sergei Brin: Last week we pulled out of China, and today we're pulling out of Rupert Murdoch.
If libertarians are so opposed to effective government, why don't they all move to Somalia?
Stewie Griffin: Uh, excuse me, it's been brought to my attention that a few bad apples out there are smoking marijuana. Uh, I've got news for you, my friend. Marijuana's illegal. Not cool. [audience starts booing] Alright then. [Begins singing, to the tune of America the Beautiful] Establishment, establishment, you always know what's best... Man in audience: You suck! Stewie Griffin: Learn the rules!
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Gee, and I thought it was bad when Steve Jobs did it! Touche!!!
Science advances one funeral at a time- Max Planck
The only way this could get worse for Apple is if Osama Bin Laden reads his next set of crazy pronouncements off an iPad.
hitler beat osama to it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_EcybyLJS8
Sergei Brin: Last week we pulled out of China, and today we're pulling out of Rupert Murdoch.
Really... Wrong image there... Now I will have nightmares.
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Damn, looks like the Old Media got to him before he could finish the post...
Man who leaps off cliff jumps to conclusion.
...that bastard isn't Australian any more.
On the contrary, an online identity can be just as persistent as a real one. Signing up for an account is just like getting a birth certificate.
Sergei Brin: Last week we pulled out of China, and today we're pulling out of Rupert Murdoch.
Really... Wrong image there... Now I will have nightmares.
Don't mind if I do...
When asked about his feelings towards one of his current partners Google, Murdoch proposed he and his old friends yank off the news they currently provide. Murdoch said he prefers (Steve) Jobs, and the warm embrace of Apple. He feels that the new iPad is (locked) tight enough that they may be able to avoid unwillingly spewing their content on loads of customers.
I've kindof been on the fence about the iPad (yeah, it's kindof pricey, it's missing some nice peripheral features, and the app-lock might be inconvenient someday, but on the other hand, the featureset makes it seem like it'd be a good spot between e-reader and netbook for me, plus there's a cool array of audio/instrument apps that have grown up around Cocoa Touch over the last two years).
But now that Rupert Murdoch has endorsed it, I'm more interested in checking out alternatives.
Tweet, tweet.
I don't know how many times I and other posters on here have pointed out that he can have all his news sites excluded from search engines by giving a few simple instructions to his webmasters. I'm starting to think he's not paying attention.
'let them do their own reporting'
Well, I guess you wouldn't like it if they took up on that idea. They sure couldn't make a much worse job of it than you do.
Rome taught me patience and assiduous application to detail. Virtues which temper the boldness of great, general views.
I mostly watched The A-Team, and I've learned Murdock was a nice guy. And insane.
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"Posting anonymously because the mentality in slashdot right now is to hate apple and to hate paywall"
because if you don't slashdot will...what? come to your house and kick your dog?
You post AC because you are either a Troll or truly a coward... or astroturfing.
The rest of you post is logically flawed, but I'm not going to explain it to an AC.
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