Rupert Murdoch voices his concerns about Kevin Rudd Kevin Rudd is delusional if he thinks Australia can lead the world or act as a bridge between the US and China, according to Rupert Murdoch, executive chairman of News Corporation. He's very intelligent, he's very interesting, but he's kidding himself with the G20 - the grouping of the top 20 countries in the world, Mr Murdoch said. "(President)...
Murdoch's plan for web pay walls 'raises questions of anti-trust law' source Talks with other publishers to introduce charging on news websites will undoubtedly attract the attention of competition authorities, warns UK expert Murdoch admits delay in introducing newspaper website charges Matt Wells: A desperate measure for desperate times Murdoch: pay walls a "work in progress". Photograph:...
http://www.australianclimatemadness.com/?p=1170 "If Rudd thinks we can set an example for the rest of the world with a cap-and-trade system on greenhouse gas emissions – the ETS – all it would do is push up the cost of living in Australia and the rest of the world will laugh ."
Nov. 6 (Bloomberg) -- News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch said he’d like one of his children to succeed him, amid regular discussions about who will take over at the U.S. media company.
Burning the Midnight Oil for Breaking the Silicon Cage Two weeks ago, I speculated on applying the "Teaspoon Model" to the problem of protecting small, niche, video streaming markets faced: on the one hand with Copyright Protection laws focused on protecting the cash flows of large media distribution middlemen; and, on the other hand, with a plague of bloodsucking bootleg streaming sites,...
An interview with Rupert Murdoch was broadcast on BigPond TV, courtesy - I take it - of Sky News, which is 30 percent owned by News Ltd. I take it that the cross from BogPond TV's normal feed came from Sky because the reporter in the chair made the disclosure before the interview started.He covered three areas:News Ltd's way of handling structural changes in the economic model of news
England may have lost their first autumn international but Jonny Wilkinson was Herculean on his return Jonny Wilkinson spoke for so long in answer to Sky's post-match questions that he almost wrecked Rupert Murdoch's evening schedules. The words flow so freely because the joy of being back in an England shirt is a thrill he thought he might not feel again. The news from Twickenham is that England...
What a week for Kevin Rudd: polls down, boat people still at sea, the Productivity Commission damning his spending, Rupert Murdoch calling him “delusional” and…
New York — following six months of rumor, media mogul Rupert Murdoch and Fox News commentator Bill O’Reilly announced wedding plans during a joint news conference. “We’re a natural fit,” said Murdoch. “And for those of you who seem somewhat aghast at this, there have been stranger bedfellows. Look at Barney Frank and his, um, [...]
RUPERT Murdoch has called on Australia to commit more troops to defeat the Taliban in Afghanistan if US President Barack Obama showed resolve in the war.
There's a minor hoo -ha about Rupert Murdoch's admission of a delay in moving some News International content behind pay walls. I have no inside track, but it's pretty clear that the manoeuvre needs some choreography to work effectively in various markets - and that the choreography could be deemed anti-competitive. If we assume it's premium content, not basic news, that will require a subscription...
Rupert Murdoch says Kevin Rudd is too sensitive when it comes to media criticism, and is more interested in strutting the world stage than running Australia.
Rupert Murdoch says Kevin Rudd is too sensitive when it comes to media criticism, and is more interested in strutting the world stage than running Australia.
Is Rupert Murdoch flip-flopping on paywalls again? Way back when (i.e., two years ago) Murdoch was a big believer in the idea that news should be free online, and that he could more than make it up with other business models. But, then, earlier this year, he did a complete flip-flop , declaring that all his publications would put up paywalls, saying that free content is bad, and accusing aggregators...