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Why News Corp. Keeps Threatening To Leave Google
4:15AM Ryan Tate | For the second time this week, News Corp. has promised to yank its content from Google, this time within “months”. The conglomerate said loudly that search is profitless. But maybe that’s just its way of making search hugely profitable. More »
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Dow Jones Industrial Average Reportedly For Sale
7:03AM Ryan Tate | Goldman Sachs is in the process of selling the Dow Jones Industrial Average on behalf of News Corporation, John Carney at Business Insider reports. But is it really worth much? More »
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Rupert Murdoch, Gang Leader
2:57AM Ryan Tate | OK, maybe Rupert Murdoch really is serious about charging for online newspaper content, after all: The News Corporation chairman has reportedly dispatched his lieutenant to form some kind of newspaper pay-wall gang. More »
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We Think Rupert Murdoch’s Bluffing On His Pay-Wall Pledge
2:03AM Ryan Tate | Rupert Murdoch promises his News Corp. publications will charge for content by next year. Media entrepreneur, Steven Brill, swears he has hundreds of newspapers signed up to do likewise. Who wants to be the first to follow these sharks into the pool? More »
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You Will Soon Pay To Access All Of Rupert Murdoch’s Online Rubbish
7:09PM the cajun boy | Rupert Murdoch announced plans yesterday to charge for online access to all of News Corp’s media properties. Coincidentally, the company posted a $US203 million loss for its fourth quarter, down from a profit of $US1.1 billion from the same period last year. More »
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James Murdoch Paid Phone-Hack Hush Money
4:05AM Hamilton Nolan | In your drenched Tuesday media column: James Murdoch is directly implicated in the News Corp. UK phone-hacking scandal, the WSJ tells you how to get rich on NYT Co. bonds, The Wanted is unwanted, and more. More »
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Dow Jones Chief To Stiff British Parliament
6:03AM John Cook | Dow Jones CEO Les Hinton was asked last week by England’s House of Commons to testify about the rampant wiretapping that he allegedly oversaw when running Rupert Murdoch’s British newspapers. He’s not going to show. More »
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Murdoch Tabloid Spied On Editor Of Other Murdoch Tabloid
11:30PM Hamilton Nolan | Scotland Yard now says that it will not investigate allegations published in The Guardian that Rupert Murdoch’s UK tabloids illegally hacked into the mobile phones of public figures. Boo! However: the victims may sue. You’ll be amazed who one victim was! More »
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What Did Les Hinton Know About The News Corp. Wiretapping?
8:33AM John Cook | The wiretapping scandal rocking Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper holdings is getting bad enough that Rupert is ducking questions from his own Fox Business reporters. It could also reach across the pond to his beloved acquisition, the Wall Street Journal. More »
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