Make the logo bigger. (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Sexy! Who’s Mr. Last-minute fill-in? > > This guy Beancast has Dan Goldgeier and David Burn from AdPulp as well as Dirk Singer from Cow . We covered Oprah, Rupert Murdoch giving the finger to Google, and how tech-savvy people need to become now. Download the show directly here . Twitter: TheBeanCast , mtlb , David , Danny G. and Dirk . At one point, we bring up BBDO Detroit’s closing....
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
It's the start of a short week, and the promise of turkey is making it difficult for us to concentrate on today's media news. Thankfully, Jason Boog of GalleyCat and AgencySpy 's Matt Van Hoven , hosts of the mediabistro.com Morning Media Menu, are not having the same problem. This morning, Jason and Matt discussed a wide range of media news, from the most recent Twilight movie, New Moon , and its...
Morninpaper (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
You may remember the story of how Rupert Murdoch, owner of News Corp which includes FoxNews, believes that internet users will be willing to pay to read his content online. To do this, the Aussie will need to squeeze Google out by "De-Indexing" from Google search. This means any content that shows up [...]
The First Post (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Has Rupert Murdoch finally found a way to get the internet to value his news content - and save the newspaper industry? It's possible, though negotiations still…
paidContent:UK (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
The reports say Microsoft is offering to pay newspaper publishers for indexing their stories, if Google ( NSDQ: GOOG ) is blocked from doing the same. But how real are the talks? One source familiar with discussions advised us caution against “the idea that there would be vast sums of money in this”, suggesting some publishers are motivated in winning a Google-beating offer from Microsoft...
TechDigest (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
So Microsoft has approached the FT then. The interesting part is which other companies Microsoft has approached. Even if it knows the FT isn't saying. The move comes off the back of Rupert Murdoch's plans for Google to deindex all News International's online content. The agreement with Microsoft could mean that for the first time a search engine company has paid to index news stories. For Microsoft...
dot.life (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
There's a fascinating story in this morning's edition of the Financial Times , which could signal a big shift in the balance of power between parts of the web and other parts of the media. The piece says that Microsoft has been in talks with the media giant News Corporation over a plan which could see the firm behind papers from the Wall Street Journal to the Sun being paid to stop Google searching...
CNET.co.uk (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Microsoft is in talks with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp to discuss paying the news company to keep out of Google, a move that could threaten the search engine landscape
Computer Nerds Blog (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Hugh Pickens writes "The Financial Times reports that Microsoft is in discussions to pay Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, owner of newspapers ranging from the Wall Street Journal of the US to The Sun of the UK, to 'de-index' its news websites from Google, setting the scene for a search engine battle that could offer a ray of light to the newspaper industry. Microsoft is desperate to catch Google in...
Computerworld UK (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Microsoft and Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. are in the early stages of talks about "de-indexing" news from Google and listing them on the Bing search engine, according to the Financial Times .
Blogpower (Free subscription) | 48 minutes ago
Our favorite irascible media tyrant is in the news once again, and once again it’s time for me to bring you a story of doing one thing while wishing for another. In a November 6th interview, Sky News Australia’s David Speers spent about 35 minutes with the CEO of NewsCorp, Rupert Murdoch; the conversation covering topics as diverse as software piracy, world economics, the role of Fox News...
übergizmo (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
It’s no secret that Rupert Murdoch isn’t too happy with Google making News Corp content widely available to everybody, so what would Microsoft have to gain for a potential deal with News Corp? Well, word on the street is that Microsoft might be offering to pay News Corp to de-index its news sites from Google, which would probably drive folks searching for News Corp sites to Microsoft’s...
Pocket-lint (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Flashing the cash to buy the news after Murdoch approach The Rupert Murdoch saga over Google making News Corp content widely available for people to "steal" has taken an interesting turn according to recent insider reports, suggesting Microsoft has been invited to enter talks with the media giant on the topic. The reports suggest that Microsoft, with an opportunity to get one over on search...
TechRadar (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
The Financial Times has suggested that Microsoft has held talks with News Corp to discuss paying the publisher to de-index its news websites from Google. With Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. seemingly set on a course of action that would see its content taken off of the world's biggest search engine, the FT is suggesting that Microsoft is adding its significant weight to the situation. Quoting a website...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
According to a Financial Times report, Microsoft is in discussions with News Corporation and others about pulling content from Google The next battle in the search wars could be over access to news content. The FT reports that Microsoft – which has made increasing the market share of its Bing search engine its top online priority – has reached out to "big online publishers" in...
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