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Google Limits Free Access to Google News ... Kind Of

Ever thought Google News, with its endless stream of no-cost content, was too good to be true? Well, so did Rupert Murdoch, who has repeatedly threatened to pull News Corp.'s Web sites--most notably, The Wall Street Journal and ...READ»

Today's Vision of Tomorrow: Circulation Stats, News Corp. Say Bits Replace Ink for Newsprint

Remember back in olden days when a story would break and the chief at the local daily would yell, "Stop the presses!" Well, they've finally stopped. And in the future, most of our newspaper content will be delivered via digital tech. ...READ»

Hara Scores Big With News Corp Energy Management Deal

Earlier this week we designated Hara as one of our 10 green startups to watch, and now the company has hit it big with a deal with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. The environmental and energy management software startup was chosen by ...READ»

Will Hulu Get a Pay Wall in 2010?

Looks like the concept of paying for online content is getting a boost from a slightly unexpected quarter: Rumors are abounding that free Internet TV portal Hulu will erect at least a partial pay wall sometime next year. As rumors ...READ»

News Manipulator Rupert Murdoch Gripes About Google's News Manipulation

Rupert Murdoch is so concerned about the future of traditional (i.e. his) news publishing at the hands of Google, he's launched paid Web newspapers via an online club. But if Google's so evil, why doesn't he block its ...READ»

Murdoch Launches £50 Special Features "Club" to Save Newspaper

Back in August we heard the U.K.'s Guardian newspaper was to try out paid-membership clubs to try to drive up revenue, but now Rupert Murdoch has jumped on the idea. Yesterday saw the launch of Times+--a special features section to ...READ»

Three E-Readers That Could Change Publishing Forever, and One That Won't

Okay, we know the e-book revolution is just fomenting beyond the horizon, soon to sweep the publishing world. But which electronic devices will be at the vanguard, and which ones won't? Asustek's Dual-Screen E-Book, the Cheapest ...READ»

'Internet Manifesto' Outlines Web Journalism's Information Revolution

All great revolutions need great manifestos, and a group of influential German bloggers have delivered one, nailing their 17 theses on the future of journalism in the Internet age up in the most public of forums. Signed by 15 of ...READ»

Could Paid Online Member's Clubs Save Newspapers?

The U.K.'s The Guardian newspaper is about to try an alternative model to charging for online content that sounds infinitely more digestible: Bonus content "member's clubs." The idea was spawned from a survey email sent out to ...READ»

Ad-supported Content, Out: Paid Content, In?

According to a new survey published by private equity company Veronis Suhler Stevenson, consumers are getting wise to advertising and are choosing to avoid it. In 2008, for the first time, people used more paid content than ...READ»

NPR Faces the Future With Web Site Revamp, iPhone App

NPR's always been a kind of hybrid animal existing alongside conventional radio stations in the U.S. But the rise of the Internet has threatened public radio's future just as much as its commercial brethren. So, like all good wild ...READ»

Disney CEO Hints at Online Movie Store. Why It's a Wonderful World of Wrong

Disney's CEO Bob Iger let something interesting slip yesterday: Disney might be planning a subscription-based Web site offering movies, TV shows, and games. It looks like Disney, once a staunch DRM advocate, might really embrace the ...READ»

Who Are the CEOs of Hogwarts?

Scrape away all the wizardry, and the Harry Potter films are about a company that unites behind a leader to defeat its foes. Which got us thinking about the real world wizards of finance and technology. In short, who in the business world is equivalent to our heroes and who deserves the title of He Who Must Not Be Named?READ»

Rupert Murdoch, Wireless Provider Interest Confirms the Rise of the E-Book

It's clear that e-books are the future of printed works, even if right now Amazon's Kindle is the only device that demonstrates the power of the new medium. But with news that Rupert Murdoch wants in on the scene, and with Verizon ...READ»

10 Questions that Media Companies Should Know the Answer To

As media companies like the New York Times Co. continue to post dreary results and circulation numbers continue to decline rapidly across the industry – It got me thinking of some questions that these companies (and other media ...READ»

Blackout Beginning for TBS: Could they have responded on the Web or via Mobile Devices?

Fans across the nation (especially Red Sox Nation), many whom had just sat through Turner Broadcasting System’s (TBS) pregame for Game 6 of Major League Baseball’s (MLB) American League Championship Series (ALCS), prepared for ...READ»

Joe the Plumber Gets His Fifteen Minutes on the Tube and on the Web

John McCain’s “invisible friend,” as Keith Olbermann of MSNBC dubbed him after the debate, was the run away winner last night. I’m talking, of course, about “Joe the Plumber” (AKA Joe Wurzelbacher, an Ohio plumber). John ...READ»

Can the Wisdom of the Crowds Help Us Through the Downturn?

As mainstream media becomes more open to tapping into the blogosphere and even the Twittersphere during this collapse; news and analysis are becoming two-way conversations.READ»

The Box Score

Facebook and Myspace, head-to-headREAD»

• Myspace, the Sequel
• These Brands Are Made for Myspace
• A Place for Friends...To Get More Famous

Myspace, the Sequel

With Facebook surging, cofounders Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson have gone back to their roots -- music, pop culture, and a proven cash-flow ad model -- to spur a next phase of growth. Will that be enough for boss Rupert Murdoch?READ»

• MySpace: A Place for Friends...To Get More Famous
• Robert Scoble Interviews MySpace CEO
• These Brands Are Made for Myspace
• The Box Score
• The Philosophy of MySpace with VP of Product Management
• Talking Tech With MySpace CTO
• Famous Faces on MySpace

Fake Wall Street Journal Hits the Stands

A parody of the Wall Street Journal hit news stands early today, creating enough of a stir to get the real WSJ snapping up copies in at attempt to get them off the streets. Published every 26 years, this time the parody has ...READ»