News Corp. Mulls Google News Exit for WSJ, Other Papers

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 9, 2009 - 10:09am.

New York - News Corp. (NYSE: NWS) chairman Rupert Murdoch is considering blocking newspaper content from The Wall Street Journal and his company's other papers from appearing in Google's (NASD: GOOG) news index, The Guardian reported, citing an interview with Sky News Australia. Murdoch added that such a move wouldn't happen until his plan to begin charging users for access to more of News Corp.'s newspaper content online moves forward.

"I think we will, but that's when we start charging," Murdoch told Sky News.

"What's the point of having someone come occasionally who likes a headline they see in Google.

"The fact is there isn't enough advertising in the world to go around to make all the Web sites profitable. We'd rather have fewer people coming to our Web sites but paying," Murdoch continued.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-10393209-261.html

Published in DMW Daily, November 9, 2009

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Good. Let him block his

Submitted by lofa (not verified) on November 9, 2009 - 9:01pm.

Good. Let him block his propaganda garbage from Google. Who cares about Murd(er)och. He's just another greedy money monster. As the old saying goes, a fool and his money soon part.