Rupert Murdoch Plans a Digital Newspaper For the US 237
Hugh Pickens writes "The Guardian reports that Rupert Murdoch plans to launch a digital newspaper in the US geared specifically to younger readers and to digital outlets such as the iPad and mobile phones. The paper, as yet unnamed, will pool the huge editorial muscle of Murdoch's combined holdings within News Corporation, which include the Wall Street Journal, the New York Post and the financial wire service Dow Jones, as well as his newspapers in the UK and Australia. Earlier this month, Murdoch said of the iPad: 'It's a real game-changer in the presentation of news,' adding 'We'll have young people reading newspapers.'"
Game changer (Score:5, Funny)
Rupert Murdoch: Dragging us into the 20th century.
Geez... (Score:2, Funny)
I didn't know Murdoch could spell digital!
Great (Score:1, Funny)
now the teabaggers can get their hate news and misinformation in print format when they are out and about
Does Fox News, BTW, ever cover the fact that Murdoch is married to a former member of the Chinese Communist Party?
Everyone who thinks this will work... (Score:5, Funny)
raise your hand. What, no one can hear me? IF YOU THINK THIS WILL WORK, RAISE YOUR HAND! Is this thing on?
Re:Geez... (Score:4, Funny)
the gamechanger (Score:3, Funny)
Murdoch said of the iPad: 'It's a real game-changer in the presentation of news,'
Hmm, sure, yes, the thing has something like a screen. Actually it is a screen. That would allow us to add those new thingies the PR guys talked about all the time. I think they call it "animations". And we could change those news during the day, not like this old printed stuff, with only one print a day. Sure, people would have to pay for it a little bit more, since they get more news. But those kids a surely used to pay for services they get from the internet...
Re:What's left unsaid (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Game changer (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Game changer (Score:1, Funny)
Because 99% of the people who are skewering FOX News, when I ask them...
Wow. How many people have you asked? Would you describe yourself as "obsessive" on this issue?
Re:Game changer (Score:3, Funny)
I am afraid that ... I actually get dummer.
Looks like you actually are getting dumber!
Younger readers? (Score:3, Funny)
I suppose "younger readers" can go on the list with "military intelligence", "plastic silverware" and "Microsoft Works".