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more about #davidsimon more comments → HurtsSoGood: What? You mean you have to pay to watch Glenn Beck rant and rave online? That's like charging people for the privilege of somebody farting in their ... more » JesseFenderburg: OR, if you want, you can read all of News Corp's shit for free RIGHT NOW. Go to www.wsj.com, pick a story that only gives access to subscribers, and G... more » Sharksbreath: This is going to be fun watching Rupert destroy his company. more » PandoraSpocks: Rotsa Ruck Rupert. more » timeoutofmind: i couldn't get past 'paying for Glenn Beck'. i'd pay extra NOT to be able to see him or hear him, ever. is that what he means ? more » PutnamChthonius: Wow. At a time when Americans are broke and out of work, what’s another way to break their spirit? Start charging for the dissemination of informa... more » Fortyseven: "Banzai!" more » Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Rupert, call me. You're going to want to raid the family trust funds at some point. I can help you dilute them. We can start at a 50/50 split and t... more » gawkimo: Paying to read the Wall St. Journal online is like paying to toss Arthur Laffer's salad in a public bathroom. more » lionel-mandrake: Mr. Murdoch, crazy and offensive and politically reactionary as he is, has been in the money-makin' business a whole lot longer than me, or, I venture... more » Barret Lee Fisher: He warned that "the big competition will be coming from the BBC," which offers online news for free, but said: "Our policy is to win."' The BBC has ... more » germane: So, okay, you are comfortable getting your news from multiple "observers" who are not bound by any communal or professional standards of how to report... more » Motoko Kusanagi: "free to subscribers only" more » John Thompson: While I don't think Simon's Plan to Save Newsmedia is sound, I think his greater point about the difference between blogs and journos is valid. I'll ... more » Hunter Walker: I don't entirely get the Simon hate on here. It's hard to get riled up about newspaper publishers setting online sub rates together when news aggregat... more » -
#moguls
You Will Soon Pay to Access All of Rupert Murdoch's Online Rubbish
Rupert Murdoch announced plans yesterday to charge for online access to all of News Corp's media properties. Coincidentally, the company posted a $203 million loss for its fourth quarter, down from a profit of $1.1 billion from the same period last year. More » -
#printisdead
David Simon Still Dead-Wrong, Now Encouraging Newspapers to Commit Federal Crimes
Back in May David Simon, creator of The Wire, asked lawmakers to relax the nation's anti-trust laws so newspaper owners could get away with collusion. Now he's telling the New York Times and Washington Post to flout the laws completely. More » -
#citizenjournalism
David Simon: Dead-Wrong Dinosaur
The creator of the brilliant television series The Wire today asked Congress to legalize monopolistic collusion by newspapers. Only they can really cover City Hall, he said. Apparently he hasn't been there in a while.
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#mediacrack
Layoffs at Men's Health and Women's Health?
In your blizzardy Monday media column: rumored layoffs at Men's Health, David Simon is righteously angry again, Ladies Home Journal's integrity—its most valuable asset, next to yarn—is questioned, and more! More » -
