Murdoch Thinks He’s Caesar. Dare We Say Beware The Ides Of March

If you ever needed a sure sign of how delusional the battle against new media from News Corp has become, news today suggests that Rupert Murdoch believes himself to be Julius Caesar. Kara Swisher at AllThingsD details how ... continue

Has the Great News Corp Exodus from Google already begun? [UPDATED]

Well we've been calling for Rupert Murdoch to put up or shut up for sometime, as have others, and it would seem to some great digging by Zee over at The Next Web that News Corp may ... continue

What newspapers can learn from New Zealand’s NBR paywall – FAIL!

In July New Zealand's National Business Review (NBR) decided to jump the curve and put all its content behind a paywall - the same thing that people like Rupert Murdoch and other news media moguls are recommending. NBR ... continue

Microsoft once more proves you can indeed buy stupidity

I am not sure if you can put a price on stupidity or not; but I am pretty sure that if you could weasel out of Steve Ballmer how much this possible getting into bed with the ... continue

What’s Old is New: Why Murdoch Doesn’t Get New Media

Much has been written online over the last two days following News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch's chit-chat with Sky News Australia (see our coverage here and here.) There's a ton a different points that can be dissected and ... continue

Epic Win: News Corp Likely To Remove Content From Google

News Corp founder and CEO Rupert Murdoch has told an interview with Sky News Australia that News Corp will likely remove News Corp content from Google. The revelation came early in the interview, after Murdoch claimed that Google ... continue

Sky Player comes to Xbox 360 in UK [UPDATE]

[UPDATE: We have prices, people! £25 - Sky Sports 1 OR Sky Sports 2 + Sky Sports Xtra £34 - Sky Sports 1, 2, 3 + Sky Sports Xtra £24 - Sky Movies Screen 1 OR Screen 2 £32 - Sky ... continue

Are we all watching the world’s biggest game of bluff poker?

The newspaper world is changing and struggling to find its way online in a fashion that will see the leaders of the conglomerates that own them maintain their wealth and power. Zachary M. Seward ... continue

Memo to newspapers: Please, please follow Murdoch example.

Would it be safe to say that we could be looking at either the revival of fee charging online newspapers that will nickel and dime us for the piecemeal delivery of news, or could ... continue

All News Corp news sites to start charging

Well it looks like Rupert Murdoch didn’t get Chris Anderson’s memo about everything on the Internet being free. Word is that the News Corp chairman told analysts in a earnings conference call that ... continue

Murdoch pontificates: Papers will be digital in 10 years

Ah good old Rupert Murdoch the king of News Corp decides to share with us his prognostications about where newspapers could end up 10 years down the road. The short form for those of ... continue

Murdoch says to get ready to pay up

Rupert Murdoch, the man behind News Corp, says that it’s time to fix a “malfunctioning” business model when it comes to online news – specifically his newspapers. To do this he is expected to ... continue