Nov 23, 2009
Murdoch takes on the social[ist] web?
The rumours and debate continue over News Corporations plans to take their content out of Google. Will it matter if they do? It will be interesting to see if Murdoch can bring commercial sense to the pink and fluffy world of the internet. If he can change the “everything for free” (open) mentality that has prevailed to date he will certainly get himself a position in the history books. However I would question how people really use Google and suspect that this will have little impact. Similarly other bloggers are currently over emphasising the importance of Social Search. Bottom line if you want news you go to a news site. The question then is simply will you pay for it?

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