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Rupert Murdoch Hates Google, Loves the iPad

Posted by timothy on from the consume-consume-consume dept.

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.'"

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  1. Re:I'm torn... by oldspewey · · Score: 5, Funny

    It doesn't exactly help dispel the notion that the iPad is for douchebags.

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  2. Re:I'm torn... by binarylarry · · Score: 5, Funny

    The only way this could get worse for Apple is if Osama Bin Laden reads his next set of crazy pronouncements off an iPad.

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  3. Re:It seems like by oldspewey · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sergei Brin: Last week we pulled out of China, and today we're pulling out of Rupert Murdoch.

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  4. Re:It still kills the traditional paper. by dakameleon · · Score: 5, Funny

    It'

    Damn, looks like the Old Media got to him before he could finish the post...

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  5. Yeah. by weston · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

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