Media Mafioso Rupert Murdoch Seeks to Magnify his Earnings

[RJWooller]

I bet Rupert Murdoch could pay for us all to have a paper from him and he would be more popular. You know, this shows that the rich like Murdoch never think, mind you, he probably doesn't wnat to be like judging by some of the stuff he does.

[RJWooller]

Great to see him coming to an end, what with Facebook and all.

[pogmotho1n]

Journalism = The fine art of stating the bleeding obvious

[upsilon054]

So, Murdoch, you want to challenge the concept of "fair use" in US courts and seek to have it barred altogether. That's what you said at 3:55. Murdoch, please, for the love of God, get the hell out of the United States and go back to Australia... if they'll take you. ☺

[theporksicle]

Whatever you think about Murdoch what he says here cannot be argued with, quality journalism (WSJ for example) does not come cheap. He, in spite of what some say, knows the difference between tabloids and broadsheets and he doesn't interfere as much in the latter because he knows a good budget+editorial freedom=good circulation for quality newspapers.

The fact is we won't have The Telegraph or any other good newspapers if we don't pay for the content we receive online.

[mijadedios]

all I heard was Hail Murdoch...joking aside, you're right he's brilliant, he's a mastermind, he's probably going to be the worlds last capitalist...but he's still evil and censoring what information is allowed to seep through and for that he's not a friend to Free Speech or what America was founded on...

[theporksicle]

@mijadedios

I'm not talking about Murdoch specifically, it just so happens he has a big interest in quality newspapers (as well as tabloids). Its simple economics, he cannot allow people free access to content which cost a lot of money to make so he has to charge.

He owns the newspapers he can say what's published in them, can't he, or do you not believe he actually owns them?

[mijadedios]

Do I believe he owns the newspapers? I have done some research on what he owns, in the UK and here. He's beyond what you realize...I can't get into all that here but whenever you find something always ask, who's the parent company and it's usually a Murdoch owned entity. The few things that are free and allowed to voice their opinion R things he wants to buy & control..Social Media is #1. It's almost the only place we have left & even there ppl. get blocked, suspended, wiped off...

[theporksicle]

I meant do you believe that if you own something such as a newspaper you have the right to decide what is printed and what isn't- I happen to believe you do? The alternative is state intervention, a far worse prospect than Murdoch or Maxwell or any of the others.

News Corp is deep in debt ($12 billion) and yes it does seem he wants to own as much as possible and will pay any price for it, but its up to him.

[mijadedios]

Yes. I do believe either he or whomever or whatever he works for is censoring information. There's no doubt about that. Yes yes, we're in agreement here. R you on Twitter...there's a bunch of ppl there you'd find in agreement.

[theporksicle]

No I'm not on Twitter.

Of course he interferes with his newspapers, why not, they're his (well they're News Corps but few shareholders have voiced dissatisfaction with Murdoch's method of doing things in a long time).

Its like me buying a house and you telling me I have to paint it blue because if people choose to come and look at my house and its red then I'm brainwashing them.

[theporksicle]

The fact is Murdoch has generated good returns for investors over the years, he's developing better content, higher quality content and is looking at better ways to distribute that content- he's an innovator.

If you look at what he did here you'll see he did us a big favour, since the dispute about him moving the location of the printing press from Fleet Street to a more hi-tech facility in Wapping no British paper has lost a single edition due to the bullying unions.

[mijadedios]

NO. I guess we're not in agreement then. I don't believe what he's doing is for any good. No favours. No I maintain he's evil.

[XionXXXX]

I'm surprised he hasn't teamed up with the MPAA or RIAA to destroy fair use laws.

To him and the other corporate moguls, sharing information over the internet is BAD! whether it's movies, music, news, ideas, or any other information.

[scuzbot]

I think this is great. This will force people to seek alternative news like "the real news network' rather than being satisfied with hysterical garble from networks like Murdocks crap....

[EdgeNicx]

Somehow... I doubt it's profitable to remove ones business from Google searches.

[catdog262]

I knew this was eventually coming.