rupert murdoch

Jon Snow on phone-hacking and the decline of the press Members Public

Fascinating post from Jon Snow on the whole Politics/Press/Broadcast issue [http://blogs.channel4.com/snowblog/britains-watergate-mea-culpa] thrown up by the phone-hacking saga: > The relationship between print and broadcasting has always been tense. We both resent and depend upon each other ‘out on the street’. But these days,

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
broadcast

An experiment begins, Daily Members Public

News International’s next experiment with paid content [http://www.tuaw.com/2011/01/27/apple-and-news-corp-announce-february-2-event-to-unveil-the-dai/] is about to begin: > Apple and News Corp. sent out invitations to a February 2 event to unveil The Daily. The press event will include News Corps. Chairman & CEO Rupert Murdoch and

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
iPad

Pre-Pub Reading Members Public

Because I can’t justify calling it morning or afternoon coffee reading at this time of day… Two from [The Telegraph](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ "The Daily Telegraph") worth your time:1. [Did AOL squander its investment in Bebo](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/social-media/7564413/

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Adam Tinworth
Blogs

Le Web: Marissa Mayer of Google Members Public

Marissa Mayer’s appearances at LeWeb have never been particularly noteworthy [http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2008/12/le_web_08_marissa_mayer.html]. She’s very good at giving the corporate line persuasively, but rarely gives out anything really juicy. It’s good to see Mike Arrington doing the

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Google

The Murdoch/Google Phony War Members Public

In the end, a war on Google is a much more appealing spin on the newspapers’ current position than “we haven’t figured out how to make money online in a decade of trying”. They’ll blame Google, they’ll blame the shadowy cabal of infomation-must-be-free proponents [http://www.buzzmachine.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
content

The Murdoch Plan: A Consortium Members Public

And so, the Murdoch plan for content charging [http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-newscorp21-2009aug21,0,5961516.story] begins to become clear: > As newspapers across the country struggle with declining readership and > advertising revenue, News Corp. executives have been meeting in recent > weeks with publishers about forming a

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
business models

Around the Blogs: Murdoch and Paywalls Members Public

A few reactions to the News International news [http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2009/08/the_second_paid_content_experiment_begin.html] from earlier: * Shane Richmond of The Telegraph thinks that it will be a gift to the competition [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technology/shanerichmond/100002791/murdochs-paywall-is-a-gift-to-the-competition/] * Jeff Jarvis

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Journalism

The Second Paid Content Experiment Begins Members Public

So, it’s happened, as we all knew it would. Rupert Murdoch is taking his online sites paid-for. From the BBC story on the announcement [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8186701.stm]: > In order to stop readers from moving to the huge number of free news

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
monetisation