Rupert Murdoch remains forward-looking, optimistic, positive. From the FT…
“but I do certainly see the day when more people will be buying their newspapers on portable reading panels than on crushed trees”.
“Then we’re going to have no paper, no printing plants, no unions,” said Mr Murdoch, who battled printing unions at his Wrapping plant in London more than 20 years ago. “It’s going to be great.”
See, this is what I love about ol’ Uncle Rupe; no public relations, leave that to the minions. Not one word about how his master plan will benefit society, elevate the culture or any of that crap. Just, “I’m going to bust a union, WooHoo!!!”
You go, Master of the Universe!
What a Nimrod.
I wonder what Rupert Murdoch is pondering as he is down $7 Billion and the newspaper industry swirls down the drain. From Breitbart/AFP…
The days of free news online were “going to stop,” he said.
“I believe newspapers will be selling subscriptions on the Web,” he said. “A (newspaper) website will be vastly improved, much more in them and you’ll pay for them.”
“There’s a case that newspapers rushing on to the Web to try and get a bigger audience and get more attention for themselves have damaged themselves,” he said. “Now they’re going to have to pull back from that and say ‘Hey, we’re going to charge for this.’”
Good thinking Uncle Rupe. Charge for it. On the web!
Novel solution my man. That’s why you are the man…man.
Simply charge for it on the web like all those other industries that are thriving from internet revenue…like porn and…uh…Somalian bank scams and…uhhhhh…..weight loss products……..yeah.
Uncle Rupe is down $6.4 bbbb..Billion. From The Herald Tribune…
The News Corp., the media empire controlled by Murdoch, said Thursday that it lost $6.4 billion in its second quarter as profit fell sharply at its television and movie units.
Woah!
That’s a lot of dough even for Rupert Murdoch.
As you know, I’ve been watching this guy’s moves for a good while. It seems to me he has been acquiring a lot of interests, film, T.V., more newspapers (WSJ) that are subject to the subversive forces of the Internet. It seems like an odd strategy in his quest for World Domination. I’ve been scratching my head a little. Really, the only thing he hasn’t done is go around buying record labels. I half expected to see Uncle Rupe in on that recent Death Row auction. Seems like a natural fit.
So, what is Uncle Rupe up to? Has he lost his touch as well as his mind? I mean you can’t be the Master of the Universe for very long if you are losing $6.4 bbbb..Billion at a sitting, can you?
I think it’s a diversionary tactic. Rupe is no dummy.
I think that while everybody is focusing on the demise of all conventional media, Rupe is laying back, sandbagging and waiting for the perfect moment to execute the final step in the master plan.
Uncle Rupe is going to swoop down through the back door when nobody expects it and buy the whole…damn…Internet.
And then, finally, once and for all, everyone, even you pesky little bloggers will be forced to do his bidding and become his obedient, subserviant slaves.
MYAHAHAHAHAHHHHHHHHHH!!!! (that’s supposed to signify a Master of the Universe type evil laugh).
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