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MURDOCH'S BIG GAMBLE: WE'LL CHARGE FOR ALL OUR NEWS SITES!
http://drudgereport.com/ ^ | 08/05/09 | Drudge

Posted on 08/05/2009 3:03:12 PM PDT by markedmannerf

MURDOCH: 'WE PLAN TO CHARGE FOR ALL OF OUR NEWS SITES'...

'WE WILL START CHARGING FOR FOXNEWS.COM'...

Q. WILL YOU SHUT DOWN ANY OF YOUR NEWSPAPERS?'

A. 'ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE... BUT NO PLANS FOR IT'

FOXNEWS PROFIT 50% HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR...

VERY HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR NEW JAMES CAMERON FILM...

(Excerpt) Read more at drudgereport.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: drudge; ecommerce; fox; foxnews; fpx; murcoch; murdoch; newscorp; rupert
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To: pillut48

folks....I am SOOOO behind.....but can someone explain the “Jim Thompson” thingy to me?....


81 posted on 08/05/2009 11:57:20 PM PDT by cherry
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To: Drill Thrawl

I get all my news at a place called Free Republic :)


82 posted on 08/06/2009 4:32:23 AM PDT by Friendofgeorge ( Yes I Love Sarah Palin!! I wish she were mine.)
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To: markedmannerf

This is the Dim approach. Charge for everything and expect revenues to increase to the government. The more they charge, when most others are free, the less hits they will see ultimately reducing overall exposures.


83 posted on 08/06/2009 5:33:40 AM PDT by kevinm13 (Tim Geithner is a tax cheat. Manmade "Global Warming" is a HOAX!)
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To: markedmannerf

It’s been good to know you. Good luck Murdoch.


84 posted on 08/06/2009 5:53:55 AM PDT by sarasota
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To: netmilsmom

Thanks for the link. Great homepage, very organized and with a nod to Freerepublic.


85 posted on 08/06/2009 5:56:24 AM PDT by sarasota
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To: SoDak
I applaud the shameless pursuit of cash.

Amen. While I probably wouldn't see the value in paying, I love his efforts to increase the value for his shareholders.

86 posted on 08/06/2009 5:58:00 AM PDT by Dan Nunn (Some of us are wise, some of us are otherwise. -The Great One)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Ad revenues are down. Perhaps that’s what he’s worried about.


87 posted on 08/06/2009 5:58:22 AM PDT by sarasota
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To: Nervous Tick

I admired Murdoch until he married his liberal wife who is deeply connected to Obamatrons. Perhaps Rup knows that another of NObama’s plans is to make folks start paying for internet services. How else can Socialism live? (Or is it a morph from Socialism to Communism?)


88 posted on 08/06/2009 6:01:46 AM PDT by sarasota
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To: discostu

Well, grassroots intenet has more accurate information anyway. Plus we get more of it, actual news I mean.


89 posted on 08/06/2009 6:58:05 AM PDT by Niuhuru (The internet is the digital AIDS; adapting and successfully destroying the MSM host.)
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To: markedmannerf

I believe in capitalism and free markets, so have no problem with him charging.

However, I almost never go to his site when free, so obviously would never pay. I don’t consider it much of a news source.

Personally, I think his experiment will fail.


90 posted on 08/06/2009 7:31:25 AM PDT by webschooner (First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win -- Mahatma Gandhi)
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To: SoDak

Bravo!
The only one in this thread not looking for a hand-out...


91 posted on 08/06/2009 7:39:42 AM PDT by TV Dinners (Hope is not a Strategy)
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To: markedmannerf

Murdoch may find out real quick this won’t work,,,


92 posted on 08/06/2009 8:51:21 AM PDT by austinaero ((More Bark, Less Wag))
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To: markedmannerf

I just want to go on the record...

I do not go to the Fox website for news and I do not watch MANY of the Fox News SHOWS.

They have pretty people with shallow insight. Whatever happened to investigative journalism and news we can use?


93 posted on 08/06/2009 12:16:57 PM PDT by Dacula (Evil succeeds when good men do nothing. Lets do something.)
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To: markedmannerf
Good luck with that, Rupert.

The only online content I will ever pay for is rushlimbaugh.com.

Don't need any others.

94 posted on 08/06/2009 12:28:28 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Islam is a religion of peace, and Muslims reserve the right to kill anyone who says otherwise.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Of all people, Rupe should know about elasticity of demand. If you try to charge people for something that you have been giving away for free, they will go elsewhere or without. Same as with sex.


95 posted on 08/06/2009 12:55:33 PM PDT by Eleven Bravo 6 319thID
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To: netmilsmom

Thanks for the link

http://conservativeamericannews.com/


96 posted on 08/06/2009 1:05:00 PM PDT by Irish Eyes
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To: TomGuy
That's my gripe with many websites!

All the tech-heads and marketing geniuses are pushing ever more singing,dancing scrolling crap that absolutely refuses to show you anything if you don't have javascript plus flashmedia,shockwave,and a couple more constantly updated video players running.

What I want from the home page is basically a clickable table of contents that go to full articles and still pics that I can click on to get video IF I WANT .

The web page designers remind me of the screwballs who made print magazines look hideous not too many years ago, with ransom-note text and odd graphics most 4 year olds would have been ashamed to claim.

97 posted on 08/06/2009 8:06:34 PM PDT by hoosierham (Waddaya mean Freedom isn't free ?;will you take a credit card?)
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