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more about #newscorporation more comments → TheBusinessGuy: When I was a child, movie theater marquees were emblazoned with the slogan 'STOP PAY TV!" That didn't work, and pay TV seems to be doing just fine. #... more » unclevanya: The death of print is not a good thing, nor is it progress. The internet itself is not free. You don't have to pay to browse titles at a newsstand. We... more » lionel-mandrake: Whether or not people say they're going to pay is irrelevant. The will pay, and it'll just be some tough shit if they don't want to. Because they won'... more » raincoaster: The hook to sell paywall stuff is "Quality" but does anyone remember the big, expensive studies that Chris Whittle ran which determined that people wo... more » Tremonius: It is a matter of public record that in the Earp household in Tombstone, circa 1880, Wyatt took every regional newspaper and sat down in the den upon ... more » Gawkerati: Reality check for Gawker -- when print dies, so do all their web sites and the web sites that "reference" their content. However, if you believe that... more » Shadowlayer: He's actually right, about ads: if you take all of the spammer shit out (which is low-yield anyway) there's just not enough ad money to fuel every new... more » Mediahohoho: I am all for less availability of NewsCorp. web sites. Starting today. #rupertmurdoch more » kimsama: You can use this genius strategy even if you have a bricks-and-mortar store: 1. Destroy all the roads to your store 2. Eliminate signs/GPS signal tha... more » Tremonius: I am interested always in the proposition that nothing can be lest it first appear in Dilbert. Like, the pointy-headed boss orders: "Run me a hard cop... more » xyzpdq: 1. That hottie interviewer is totally lickable. 2. I detest Murdoch, but the Aussie accent humanizes him. 3. I hope power is the greatest aphrodis... more » manchops: This is perhaps the saddest day ever. First we learn that Sex Goddess Andrea Peyser is only being read by a mere 500,000 people, and now we are being ... more » unclevanya: Will my next Sapartacus Guide be covering faygeleh favelas? #myspace more » Jackson West: Is favela chic sort of like heroin chic, but with more rhythm? If so, I'm in. #myspace more » If_I_Had_a_Poodle: We are all favelas now. #myspace more » -
#printisdead
Reality Check: 80% Won't Pay for Online Content (And the Other 20% Are Probably Lying)
Forrester Research has a new study out that Rupert Murdoch should probably download: Of 4,000 people polled, 80 percent will not pay for online newspapers or magazines, and the rest are divided on how they want to pay. More » -
#theolds
Old People Talking About the Internet: Rupert Murdoch Edition
Rupert Murdoch has revealed his secret plan for News Corp. to make money on the internet: Make News Corp. invisible, on the internet. Murdoch will leave The Google, rewrite copyright law, and teach you kids to stay off his lawn! More » -
#thingsweactuallylike
MySpace's Future: Online Slum for Depression Refugees
It's hard to imagine much of a future for MySpace. Which is probably why it took a science fiction author to do so: Bruce Sterling says the flagging social network is an ideal shantytown for the nihilistic unemployed. Compelling! More » -
#socialnetworks
Pretty Boy MySpace CEO Has Dumb Surrender Plan
MySpace now says it is no longer competing with Facebook, the rival social network with far more users. No, now MySpace will focus on the niche of music and digital entertainment. And compete with Apple and Google. More » -
#rumormonger
Is the Wall Street Journal Bleeding Cash?
The Wall Street Journal uses an astounding 30 to 60 staffers to produce an underwhelming webcast knockoff of CNBC, says Business Insider. (Update: WSJ says closer to 10.) That would help explain the rumors that the newspaper is hemorrhaging money. More » -
#mediatitans
Oh, Fun: Rupert Murdoch's Supposedly Interested in Buying NBC Universal
Bill O'Reilly, call your office: Citing CNBC, Reuters says Rupert Murdoch is interested in buying a piece of NBC Universal, which could lead to a major embarrassment when O'Reilly draws Keith Olbermann in the corporate Secret Santa program. More » -
#unlikelysaviors
Rupert Murdoch (!) will end "the Philistine phase of the digital age," with paid content.
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#revenge
NY Post Fires Editor Who Hated Racist Cartoon
Sandra Guzman was correct, if soft spoken. The New York Post editor publicly objected to an offensive cartoon in her newspaper. Her boss Rupert Murdoch objected too. But his henchmen just cast her out. More » -
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#branding
Dow Jones Industrial Average Reportedly for Sale
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 » -
#printisdead
Rupert Murdoch, Gang Leader
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 » -
#conspiracytheories
We Think Rupert Murdoch's Bluffing on His Pay-Wall Pledge
Rupert Murdoch promises his News Corp. publications will charge for content by next year. 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 » -
#businessmodels
Facebook Does Not Want to Get You Laid
Facebook has long been the wet blanket of social networks. Its latest bucket of cold water: No more searching for people by relationship status. Because then you might conceivably get laid, and we can't have that. More » -
#journalismism
NBC Agrees to Muzzle Journalists Following Fox News Pressure
Friday night is for dumping embarrassing news, as media companies well know. So it is that the New York Times now surfaces a secret deal in which NBC is said to cravenly promise to ease its criticism of Fox News. More » -
#internalmemos
Party Time at the WSJ (Please Send Pics)
A tipster just forwarded us the following email from the Wall Street Journal's Robert Thomson. There's a party on in mere MINUTES. And bring your party hats, because Rupert Murdoch's in the hizzouse! More » -
#synergy
Wall Street Journal Editor's Newsroom Dig At Fox News
The Wall Street Journal's managing editor Robert Thomson is close to News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch, personally and professionally. But that doesn't mean the Aussie is above somehow roughhouse ribbing of his corporate siblings. More » -
#feuds
The 18-Year Old Model Dividing Rupert Murdoch and Italy's Prime Minister
Sure, Rupert Murdoch and Silvio Berlusconi pretend they're fighting about a hot young model who calls Berlusconi her "papi." But that's just a banal cover story for what really gets the two men hot and bothered: media properties! More » -
#valleywag
New MySpace Regime Lowers Expectations
MySpace chief Own Van Natta is a consummate dealmaker; at Facebook he helped sweet talk Microsoft into a critical ad buy. MySpace is a trickier case: insiders at the social network are spreading word it faces "horrendous" user disengagement. More » -
#moguls
The Guy Who Took Rupert Murdoch's Crummy Second-in-Command Gig
It's not clear what Chase Carey is thinking: The DirecTV CEO is poised to become vice chairman at Rupert Murdoch's smaller News Corp., where he has virtually no shot at the top job. More » -
#wtf
WSJ Conference Opens with a Serenade to Rupert Murdoch
We'll admit, there were some funny lines in this serenade to Rupert Murdoch at the Wall Street Journal's "D" event. But isn't buttering up the boss at the absolute beginning of your tech conference a little blatant? More » -
#mediawars
WSJ Editor Slams 'Brain Dead' Times Readers
Gone are the days when the Wall Street Journal newsroom left brutal attacks on other media outlets to the Journal's rabid editorial page. Rupert Murdoch bought the paper to wage war, and it's happening. More »
