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News Corp. May Shield All Content From Google

Murdoch says move will wait until paywalls go up at newspaper sites

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 9, 2009 12:52 PM CST

(Newser) – News Corp. honcho Rupert Murdoch wants to put a permanent end to “parasite” Google’s “kleptomania” when it comes to content on his newspapers’ websites. Murdoch says the Wall Street Journal and others will likely be removed from Google’s search registry “when we start charging”—that is, when planned paywalls go up, a process that has been delayed.

“The people who simply just pick up everything and run with it—steal our stories, we say they steal our stories—they just take them,” Murdoch says in a recent interview reported in the Guardian. “That's Google, that's Microsoft, that's Ask.com, a whole lot of people.” Murdoch hopes paywalls and delisting will correct what he admits was a mistake on his company’s part. “They shouldn't have had it free all the time, and I think we've been asleep.”

News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch.
News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch.   (AP Photo)
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divetrader
Nov 10, 2009 12:31 PM CST
Bothpartiessuck, WTF! Your idea of whether a news organization is good is based on their market share! Wow! So facts don't matter to you. Glad to see where you stand.
divetrader
Nov 10, 2009 12:26 PM CST
Actually, if Murdoch decides to charge for "his"news, he will only be hurting his base. FOX news isn't real news anyway. If his followers have to pay, they may stop reading his opinion "non news" pieces. Brilliant! I love it! Please go away Murdoch and take your fake news with you.
Thinker
Nov 10, 2009 12:18 PM CST
Excellent point and post, bama!

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