Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Murdoch sits down to discusss charging for online news

Ol' Rupert seems to be everywhere at the moment, banging on about charging for online content. In an interview with Sky, who of course he owns, he discusses why he will be charging for online news. This media mogal's arguments don't even make any sense. Asked about Google's argument that they drive traffic to News Corp sites, he says yes but only the one page. And when asked if he is losing money with his online sites, Murdoch says no but they aren't making millions. No surprises here, Murdoch's main concern isn't his journalists' hard work getting ripped off, its about the amount of money going in his wallet. Then he goes on to defend Fox news saying they are the only "fair and balanced" news. It's quite interesting to here how he describes Fox new programs, such as Glen Beck's, to an Australian audience. It's an interesting video, even if it just shows how out of touch Murdoch is with modern media and its audience.

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