Murdoch Says, "We'll Charge For All Our Sites"

Oracle Goddess writes "In what appears to be a carefully planned suicide, Rupert Murdoch announced that his media giant News Corporation Ltd intends to charge for all its news websites in a bid to lift revenues, as the transition towards online media permanently changes the advertising landscape. 'The digital revolution has opened many new and inexpensive methods of distribution, but it has not made content free. Accordingly we intend to charge for all our news websites,' Murdoch said."

Well,

[rapturizer]

Then instead of people not reading their print editions, then they will ignore the web edition as well. Sounds like a solid business plan to me.

Fox News

[Anonymous Coward]

Accordingly we intend to charge for all our news websites,' Murdoch said.

At least Fox News [foxnews.com] will still be free.

The Best Quote

[Anonymous Coward]

"Quality journalism is not cheap..."

Yeah, and no amount of money is going to change the quality of any rag run by Murdoch.

Hello alternative media

[AHuxley]

Time to read :
http://maxkeiser.com/ [maxkeiser.com]
http://cryptogon.com/ [cryptogon.com]
http://cryptome.org/ [cryptome.org]
http://exiledonline.com/ [exiledonline.com]
http://www.truthnews.us/ [truthnews.us]
Get a few days or weeks or months heads up on what the tame mainstream press with 'discover' if and when they are allowed to.

Re:It won't work.

[Anonymous Coward]

Yes, but he doesn't compete with quality, professional news sources.

Re:Hello alternative media

[Yvan256]

I get all my news and rumors from a little unknown website called "slashdot" [slashdot.org].

The news are always fresh, they never repeat their news and the views of the editors are impartial, especially to corporations like Microsoft and Apple. They also have a moderation system that is so brilliantly designed that it cannot be messed with, even by monsters known as "trolls".

Oh, did I mention they never repeat their news?

Re:suicidal.

[Anonymous Coward]

They might be willing, but will they be able to work out *how*?

Re:suicidal.

[Anonymous Coward]

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy, either.

HHGTG

[Falconhell]

I am reminded of Deep thoughts response when told he could cause a philosophers strike.

"And whom will that inconveience"

Too much choice

[unreadepitaph]

There's way too many free news sights for people to pay for spelling/gramatical errors and right wing propaganda.

Re:This is a good thing

[taucross]

I can't wait until I'm old enough to feel ways about stuff.

keeps getting better and better

[circletimessquare]

the national faces of the right now appear to be somewhere between rush limbaugh, dick cheney, and sarah palin, all 3 with obvious problems appealing to anyone besides screeching rightards

then we have the birthers and their paranoid schizophrenic thinly veiled racism. dividing, discouraging and polarizing the right wing base, so wacky they make 9/11 truthers look levelheaded

and now the principle propaganda wing of the right is committing fiscal suicide because the boss is so old and venal and out of touch with the reality of modern media

seriously, can it get any better?

i am really quite amazed at how fast the right wing has imploded after the presidential election

buffoons and absurdities, all that seems to be on the landscape on the right right now. hilarious and wonderful. i'm actually looking forward to the next act of seppuku on the right

oh look, here it is!:

If you live in or around Pensacola, it just got harder to be a creationist who wants to see giant statues of dinosaurs. Dinosaur Adventure Land, which was packed with educational exhibits devoted to unmasking the lies of evolution, will be no more. No longer will children be taught how dinosaurs walked the earth 6000 years ago. All because park's owners, Kent and Jo Hovind, owed the IRS just under half a million dollars in employee taxes.

According to the Pensacola News Journal:

[Kent Hovind] was found guilty in November 2006 on 58 counts, including failure to pay employee taxes and making threats against investigators.
The conviction culminated 17 years of Hovind sparring with the IRS. Saying he was employed by God and his ministers were not subject to payroll taxes, he claimed no income or property.

huzzah!

keep it up, angry, ineffectual low iq losers on the right

all the news is cheer nowadays

enjoy your march into the sunset

Murdoch's other statements

[Tetsujin]

Murdoch went on to mention that other site changes came at the request of his dog, Billy, who said that they were not sufficiently canine-accessible. The new design, apparently, will feature images of small rubber toys as the links - these will squeak when clicked upon. Also, in addition to password authentication, the site will support olfactory authentication via a newly-developed USB peripheral.

Some of those in Murdoch's immediate vicinity responded negatively to these claims: one man complained that Murdoch in fact did not even have a dog. Referring to Murdoch as a "crazy fool", he went on to say that Murdoch's presence was not necessary, as there was no present need for his unique skills.

Re:keeps getting better and better

[Falconhell]

Bloody hell, I dont believe it-I must have awoken in an alternate universe, where I actually agree with one of CTS posts.

Re:Bye, bye.

[Goldberg's Pants]

Oh yes, and I love how he says "news websites".

The day Fox start reporting actual NEWS is the day Satan goes to work in a snowplow.

You owe me $50, as

[Falconhell]

My irony-o-meter just exploded at the "SITE" of your post complaining about spelling and grammar.

Ya gotta laugh at some of the posts on this "sight" eh?

Sight- What your eyes give you.

Site- A location, either physical or virtual.

Now just brighten up and "tow" the line, OK looser!

(-:

It's a Tax

[TroyM]

Doubt this will go over well with their viewers, if someone tells them it's a tax

Re:suicidal.

[unitron]

...you might have something there...

Or even *two* somethings.

Re:Bye, bye.

[ctmurray]

Doh.....

Re:Hello alternative media

[Cyner]

And you put a "www" in the url... you call yourself a /. reader?

Parking meter psychology

[erikhy]

Remember when CNN charged for access to its web site? They have high quality content that is worth paying for - with the possible exception of Michael Jackson spam - but you will notice that CNN is now free in both print and video. There's a reason for that: even if access is only ten cents a week, it requires folks to pull out their credit card, and the vast majority hate doing that when they consider something should be free. Most of us hate paying for parking in cities because it's free in most other places just as much as because of what it costs. Rupert, your competition is free, your competition has generally better content, and we are laughing.

Re:Murdoch - not your average supervillain

[lennier]

I can feel the tweet swelling in you. Goooood. Strike me down with all of your blisteringly witty Web 2.0 snark, and your journey toward Big Media will be complete.

Oh, I'm afraid your friends blogging from the free Starbucks WiFi are walking into a trap...

Re:Bye, bye.

[Rip Dick]

Mr. Plow is a loser, and I think he is a boozer.

I assume everyone is intellegent..

[msimm]

Unless they are driving. Or have different opinions then me.

Since Fox News is no News - No Problem

[gadlaw]

Fox News is to News what Professional Wrestling is to Sports so good luck with that Rupert. Hopefully the next owner of foxnews will have a nice site dealing with news about Foxes.

Re:suicidal.

[JohnBailey]

Well, yeah. Only idiots would pay to look at Fox News.

Oh I don't know.. Fiction is still quite popular.

Re:As opposed to sheep reading left wing echo?

[Flere Imsaho]

People who generalise suck.

Oh, wait...

Re:As opposed to sheep reading left wing echo?

[HeronBlademaster]

I prefer Robert Lund's parody: "It doesn't really matter if my turkey meat is dark or white..." ... but I'm not really sure how this relates to the topic. I think we're three or four metaphor-steps away from TFA's topic, by now...

Affirmative Action, of course!

[Anonymous Coward]

Satan belongs to the "damned fallen angel" ethnic group which has been traditionally execrated by our society. It is only just that we now give him a break when considering his application for employment.

Re:Bye, bye.

[pjt33]

Fox may not deal in news, but the Times (or, for non-Brits, the London Times) is a serious newspaper, and has a well-implemented website. I will be sad to have to find an alternative.

Re:Bye, bye.

[ben0207]

Your neighbour sounds like a dick.

He's only a delivery boy, give him a break!

Re:Bye, bye.

[OrangeTide]

Well he did say "My neighbor (also a computer programmer)".

Re:Fox News

[Insipid Trunculance]

The theory is that US citizens should be able to figure out for themselves

HA HA Ha .....Did you really expect that In the land of sprayable cheese???

Re:Bye, bye.

[Ifni]

Or find a way to profit by having puppies get kicked. Outside the box thinking is what it's all about.

Re:Thank you Jesus

[Anonymous Coward]

He didn't learn anything from Jesus, just the Gospel writers. Where do you think he got the idea to just publish false information after the fact?

Re:Bye, bye.

[modean987]

Talking with your friends is not comparable. There is the possibility that your friends are talking shite. There's no guarantee that they're going to be coherent. They might only be presenting one side of a story.

Really? And this is not comparable to Fox News how?

Re:As opposed to sheep reading left wing echo?

[tjstork]

I prefer Robert Lund's parody: "It doesn't really matter if my turkey meat is dark or white..." ... but I'm not really sure how this relates to the topic. I think we're three or four metaphor-steps away from TFA's topic, by now.

Well, whatever kind of turkey you prefer to tends go with the gravy and the manner the turkey is cooked. If the turkey is baked, and there is no gravy, I tend to prefer the dark meat because the white is too dry. If the turkey is fried, or there is ample gravy, then I tend to like the white, because its better for sandwiches, either open faced or not.

Hmmm. not sure how that relates to politics, metaphorically... I kinda am lost now... but I could go for some turkey.