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.'"

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A different take on the matter

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There's a sporadic blogger who looks at this from an interesting angle, and if nothing else the photo accompanying the post is worth a look:

"I just read that Rupert Murdoch, the man that brought us Fox News, has given a resounding endorsement of Apple's new gizmo, the iPad.

Well Rupert, you've confirmed in my mind that it'll be a cold day in hell before an iPad has a place in our home, because anything *you* favor is more than likely, at its core, to be..." http://imalloverthemap.com/