WORLD: William Shawcross states in his biography ‘Murdoch’ that ol’Rupe was once fond of quoting Arthur C Clarke “In the struggle for freedom of information, technology not politics will be the ultimate decider…” ahhh yes how those words must haunt you now Rupe.

Meanwhile in the very latest news Murdoch reveals plans to stop Google indexing his news stories. ” … and I think we’ve been asleep …” notes Murdoch as he Masterminds his own DOOM! OH YES YOU HAVE RUPE and if you Media Moguls hadn’t sat so self-satisifed in your Media Kingdoms while the Internet sprung beneath your lazy asses like a fungus on steroids then maybe content providers the world over wouldn’t be in this mess.

And so Folks that’s it! until News Corp drops it’s Paywalls - and we ALL have to wait to see what will happen then, Moguls, Journos and Readers alike…

Keep Tooned.

References and Resources

Amongst all the ranting, opinion and wild speculation this article in Wired stands apart.
Outfoxed Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism.
A recent article on subscription stats.

Tags: internet, news corp, news corporation, online content, online newspapers, paywall, rupert murdoch

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