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The role of newspapers according to News Corp.
James Murdoch, Chairman and Chief Executive of News Corporation, Europe and Asia, delivered a speech yesterday in Barcelona which provides context for Australian newsagents as they read the new newspaper distribution contracts which need to be decided within the next four weeks.A Reuters, Roy Greenslade at The Guardian and others are reporting that ...
James Murdoch signals reduced role for his family's newspapers
James Murdoch, annointed heir to his father's media conglomerate, News Corporation, signalled that the family love affair with newspapers is coming to an end and the business will shift its focus to television and entertainment in the future.
Huddersfield MP's pornography protest over infant school children...
Children as young as five are simulating sex acts at school as a result of the pornography they are seeing on satellite television and the internet, a senior Labour MP claimed today.
YouTube Gives More News Reporting Power to the People
Google's new YouTube Direct offering acts as a mediator between citizen journalists and established news outlets eager to use the video footage they provide.
Shock as ASIC loses One.Tel founder case
Picture from 1999 showing One.Tel founder and joint-managing director Brad Keeling, then-News Corporation's senior executive vice-president Lachlan Murdoch, PBL executive chairman James Packer and One.Tel founder joint-managing director Jodee Rich.
Murdoch's rants put Cameron on a collision course with Google
Rupert Murdoch's threats to block the search engine and build a paywall signal to politicians that he wants something done The indomitable Rupert Murdoch has been remarkably loquacious over the past few weeks.
An Adviser to Murdoch Is Leaving News Corporation
Gary Ginsberg, a close adviser to Rupert Murdoch for 11 years who often served as a liaison between the conservative Mr.
News pundits ponder Murdoch, Bing deal
IS HE bluffing? Making a bold high-stakes gamble that will save the troubled newspaper industry? Or pursuing a pipe dream that can only end in failure? The News Corporation chairman, Rupert Murdoch, has prompted a fierce debate among media watchers with his accusation that Google is ''stealing'' from his vast newspaper empire and his threat to ...
Rupert Murdoch: Leading the charge
HE'S spent decades building up the world's third-largest media conglomerate, overcoming numerous obstacles along the way, but the rise of the internet has clearly evolved into the biggest challenge yet faced by Rupert Murdoch.
Dow Jones Sells Stake In Stoxx For $309 Million
Dow Jones has unloaded its stake in European index provider Stoxx - in what is likely the first of several divestitures for the company under owner News Corp .
Murdoch son's $29m Sydney home
RUSSELL Crowe may be The Gladiator, but he was no match for Aussie millionaire Lachlan Murdoch in the fight for a Sydney mansion.
'Murdoch doesn't think Obama is racist'
News Corporation on defensive after Rupert Murdoch backs Fox News presenter over 'very racist' comment by Obama Rupert Murdoch said Obama 'made a very racist comment'. But he 'does not at all, for a minute, think the president is a racist'. Photograph: Hector Mata/AFP Rupert Murdoch has been forced to deny he believes Barack Obama is a racist, ...
Aussie editor named in harassment case
The Australian editor-in-chief of Rupert Murdoch's New York Post newspaper, Col Allan, has been accused in a lawsuit of sexually harassing employees and fostering an offensive and racist working environment.
Newspapers, Are They Really This Stupid?
Rupert Murdoch has suggested that News Corporation is likely to make its content unfindable to users on Google when it launches its paid content strategy .
Ex-Post Editor: I Was Fired for Speaking Out Over Obama Monkey Cartoon
A former editor for The New York Post, who is suing the paper for allegedly firing her after she complained about a cartoon that likened President Obama to a chimp, alleges in court papers that the the newspaper is a hotbed of sexism, racism and sexual harrasment.
Murdoch stories can be taken off: Google
GOOGLE said today, in response to threats by Rupert Murdoch to ban the search engine from listing content from his news empire, that any company could ask to have stories taken off.
Fox chairman says racist comment 'was right'
Rupert Murdoch, the chairman of the News Corporation empire, says he agrees with conservative firebrand Glenn Beck.
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) News Users Could Lose Access to News Corp (NASDAQ:NWSA) Papers, Others
Google News, Topix and other news search services have replaced the morning newspaper for many consumers, but one titan in the media industry won't have any of it.
Rupert Murdoch could ban Google access to his newspapers' content
Rupert Murdoch, chairman and chief executive of News Corporation, is considering removing his newspapers' content from Google's search index.
Sober Mood at New York Post as Circulation Spirals Lower
Most of The New York Post's circulation is in single sales. Enlarge This Image Col Allan, editor of The Post.
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