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Rupert Murdoch stories: 169 news summaries

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Twitter Founder:
Murdoch Will 'Fail Fast'

Biz Stone thinks plan to put up online paywalls is folly

Nov 19, 09 12:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Biz Stone says he’d “love to see what happens” if Rupert Murdoch really yanks his newspapers from Google, predicting that he’ll “fail fast.” The Twitter co-founder thinks News Corp would be better off trying “to make a ton of money from being radically open... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • News Corp • Twitter • Biz Stone • paywall

 Rupe Disses 
 'in-the-Dark' 
 Blind NY Gov 

Murdoch: Paterson 'doesn't really know what's going on'

Nov 18, 09 6:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Continuing his streak of casually slamming black Democrats, Rupert Murdoch yesterday said New York's blind governor, David Paterson, "can't read braille and doesn't really know what's going on." Murdoch's comments about Paterson, coming a week after he agreed with Glenn Beck that President Obama is a racist, support... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • blindness • David Paterson • Albany • Gary Ginsburg • murdoch paterson • murdoch paterson braille

ANALYSIS

Rupe Not Likely to Yank Content From Google

But News Corp.
will erect
higher pay walls

Nov 16, 09 1:21 AM CST
(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch is not likely to go through with his plan to remove News Corp. content from Google News. He could negotiate a big payout from Microsoft for "de-Googled" content to place on Bing, Jason Calcanis suggests. But that's not likely to hurt Google, or help Bing, unless other... More »

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Google • Rupert Murdoch • Wall Street Journal • aggregator

STAND BY YOUR MAN

 I Agree With 
 Beck—Obama's 
 Racist: Murdoch 

Asked about Beck brouhaha, News Corp. chairman is unrepentant

Nov 10, 09 9:58 AM CST
(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch backed his host over his advertisers in a Sky News interview last weekend, saying Glenn Beck probably shouldn't have called President Obama a racist on the air some months back, but what he said was right. Asked about the Fox host's assertion that Obama made racist comments during... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • racism • Fox News • Glenn Beck • racist • Obama administration • President Obama • Sky News

WEB NEWS WARS

 News Corp. May 
 Shield All Content 
 From Google 

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

Nov 9, 09 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”... More »

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Google • Rupert Murdoch • Wall Street Journal • online news • search engine • News Corp • newspaper industry • paywall

OPINION

 Fox Ain't News, It's 
 'the Opposition Party' 

Other media outlets need to highlight 'propaganda:' Boehlert

Oct 13, 09 1:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - “Fox News has exited the journalism community this year,” Eric Boehlert writes. “It's a purely political player,” which would be all well and good if other media outlets would just report that. As it stands, Fox goes happily about its “propaganda” while hiding behind... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • propaganda • journalism • Fox News • Glenn Beck • Sean Hannity • health care reform • town hall meeting • right wingers • Obama administration • birther • teabaggers • opposition party

OPINION

 Why Rupert 
 Murdoch Won't 
 Buy NBC Stake 

The News Corp. mogul is interested, but the deal will likely not go through

Oct 13, 09 11:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sources tell CNBC Rupert Murdoch wants to add a stake in NBC Universal to his ever-expanding media empire—which could lead to some awkward moments between Bill O’Reilly and Keith Olbermann at the company Christmas party—but it probably won’t happen, writes John Cook on Gawker. Considering the... More »

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media • Comcast • Rupert Murdoch • NBC Universal • CNBC • News Corp

OPINION

 Why Murdoch Must 
 Fire Glenn Beck 

Offensive as the Fox News host is, the bottom line is the bottom line

Oct 5, 09 6:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch will eventually fire Glenn Beck from Fox News, though not directly because of "his continued assault on the president," writes Ben Cohen. True, Beck's "remarkable slew of accusations and innuendo does not reflect well on the network," but arguments about politics miss the point:... More »

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television • Rupert Murdoch • advertising • Fox News • Fox • Glenn Beck • boycott • News Corp • Sky News

(Newser) - Gordon Brown is livid and his colleagues in the Labour Party are ripping up copies of the Sun in public after Rupert Murdoch ended 12 years of support and backed Conservative David Cameron this week. “We don't need an Australian-American coming to our country with a paper that has... More »

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newspaper • Rupert Murdoch • The Sun • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • England • Labour Party • David Cameron • prime minister • political endorsement • Sky News

OPINION

 'Tragedy Porn' 
 Drags Down 
 News Sources 

Online outlets mull pay models, putting a price on sensational stories

Sep 7, 09 2:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Word is that newspapers will soon start charging for online news—but no one’s quite sure what it’s worth. Take a story like the Jaycee Dugard kidnapping: It’s “tragedy porn” that “neither informs nor enlightens. It merely titillates,” writes Simon Dumenco for Advertising Age.... More »

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media • Internet • Rupert Murdoch • news • pornography • online news • online newspapers • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido

Berlusconi Slaps European Papers With Libel Suits

Lawyers probe 'cases of real, true defamation'

Aug 28, 09 10:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi is suing Italian and foreign media outlets for libel regarding his personal life, Reuters reports. “We have instructed our colleagues to evaluate, according to the laws in their countries, the most serious cases of real, true defamation,” said the Italian PM's lawyer. Berlusconi’s legal team... More »

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media • newspaper • Rupert Murdoch • Europe • Italy • libel • lawsuit • prime minister • Silvio Berlusconi • News Corp • La Repubblica • Times of London

(Newser) - Executives at Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. have been meeting with rival newspaper publishers about a consortium that would charge for web content. The publishers of the New York Times, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times are all believed to have met with Jonathan Miller, the News Corp. officer overseeing digital... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • New York Times • Tribune Company • Washington Post • online news • New York Times Company • News Corp • newspaper industry • Jonathan Miller • Hearst

OPINION

 Fox Is Killing the GOP 


Aug 8, 09 7:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fox News and the Republican Party are locked into a cycle that will make a fortune for the network while dooming the party to further defeats, John Cook writes at Gawker. Fox viewership is up a whopping 45% over the last year as "frightened, paranoid, enraged, nativist zealots" ... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • GOP • Fox News • Republican Party • Fox • Glenn Beck • independent voters • cable news

(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch will test out his new pay-to-read Internet model this November, when News Corp launches a stand-alone website for Britain's Sunday Times. According to the Guardian, the site will feature "communities editors" and its own team of journalists. It's unclear whether users will pay a subscription or... More »

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Internet • Rupert Murdoch • United Kingdom • News Corp • British media • newspaper industry • Times of London • paywall

 What Truce? O'Reilly, 
 Olbermann Back in the Ring 

Olbermann calls O'Reilly 'worst'; O'Reilly attacks GE

Aug 6, 09 11:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - The feud between Bill O’Reilly and Keith Olbermann continues, despite word of a peace deal: On Monday Olbermann said there was no truce and awarded O’Reilly the silver medal for “World’s Worst Person.” Then he gave the gold to Fox News honcho Rupert Murdoch. O’... More »

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media • Rupert Murdoch • Bill O'Reilly • MSNBC • General Electric • SEC • feud • Fox News • Keith Olbermann • television news • President Obama

 No More 
 Free News 
 Online: 
 Murdoch  

Mogul steps up plans to charge for all News Corp's web offerings

Aug 6, 09 2:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch says the days of News Corp.'s giving away news from its newspapers and TV stations on the Internet are numbered, the Financial Times reports. Murdoch, who earlier this year said he planned to test pay-to-read models, now says he plans to start charging for access to all... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • Wall Street Journal • online news • paid content • online newspapers • News Corp

Brit Cops Face Probe Over Media Bribes

MPs may investigate whether journos pay police for information

Jul 12, 09 7:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - British Parliament may investigate police over reports that journalists pay them for dirt on celebrities and criminal suspects, the Guardian reports. Since police opted not to reopen a probe into alleged phone hacking by Rupert Murdoch’s tabloid News of the World, several politicians have been seeking to determine if... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • police • press • bribery • journalist • Britain • News of the World • British media

UPDATED

Scotland Yard Launches, Ends Probe of News Corp. Hacking

Unsourced report broke no new ground: cops

Jul 9, 09 2:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Scotland Yard, smarting from a report that it failed to inform victims of a British tabloid's rampant phone hacking, today opened and quickly closed an investigation into the potentially explosive matter, reports the New York Times. Cops reportedly had evidence of thousands of incidences of illegal activity by private investigators... More »

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newspaper • Rupert Murdoch • The Sun • United Kingdom • Scotland Yard • journalism • hacking • Les Hinton • News of the World • News Corp • journalistic ethics • Andy Coulson

INVESTIGATION

News Corp Paid $1.6M to Hide Journos' Crimes

Tabloid hacked thousands of phones of stars, politicians

Jul 9, 09 6:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - The British subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp paid out more than $1.6 million in out-of-court settlements to conceal illegal methods deployed by its journalists, including hacking cell phones, a Guardian investigation reveals. Phone-hacking charges were first raised in 2007 in a case involving Prince William, but suppressed police... More »

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newspaper • Rupert Murdoch • David Cameron • private investigator • hacking • Les Hinton • News of the World • News Corp • police investigation • newspaper industry • Andy Coulson

(Newser) - Sarah Palin resigned because Fox News “dangled Oprah-type money plus the promise of a 24/7 platform from which she can energize the base for a few years,” blogger Ruth Ann Harnisch guesses—and that visibility would be a great move if she wants to be president. “She... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • Rush Limbaugh • Fox News • Republican Party • Sarah Palin • Election 2012

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