Somebody gave Rupert a cell phone and he has been tweeting up a storm. Here he tweets about Ron Paul:
@rupertmurdoch: Paul too extreme, but right to draw attention toFed. Printing zillions can only cause inflation - the coward's way out of this mess.
(htCrisKozlowski)
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010
The Shrewd Players Know Libertarianism is a Growth Industry
There's an important article today (ViaLRC) at NYT that informs on the growth industry that libertarianism is. In part it says:
When you have operators like Rubin and Murdoch, who are super-skilled at recognizing trends in the country and profiting from them to the tune of billions, both notice libertarianism as an important trend, you know times are changing.
It is the latest product of the News Corporation, led by Rupert Murdoch, and being shown on the weekends on the Fox Business Network, which is searching for higher ratings by adding provocative commentators.In a recent discussion about EPJ, former-Treasury Secretary and current chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations, Robert Rubin, told me he could see lots of opportunity for a libertarian site such as EPJ. I replied that I was noticing the start of a groundswell of interest in libertarian ideas in the country. He corrected me, "The groundswell is already here."
Fox News already dominates the market for conservative TV talk with hosts like Mr. Beck and Sean Hannity, and has generated billions in revenue to show for it. Now, the upstart Fox Business is making room for libertarian talk, too. An aggressive pro-civil liberties, anti-government streak is evident on both “Freedom Watch” and “Stossel,” a weekly Fox Business show hosted by the former ABC News anchor John Stossel that was added last fall.
As any libertarian will tell you, there are sharp differences in opinions between conservatives and libertarians, and now Fox has programs for both.
When you have operators like Rubin and Murdoch, who are super-skilled at recognizing trends in the country and profiting from them to the tune of billions, both notice libertarianism as an important trend, you know times are changing.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Murdoch Going Google-Less in the UK
Rupert Murdoch's UK Times and Sunday Times are putting up search walls in addition to pay walls.
The papers, which plan to start charging users for access to their newly redesigned Web sites in late June, will prevent Google and other search engines from linking to their stories.
Except for their homepages, no stories will show up on Google.
The papers, which plan to start charging users for access to their newly redesigned Web sites in late June, will prevent Google and other search engines from linking to their stories.
Except for their homepages, no stories will show up on Google.
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Rupert Murdoch Puts on Display His NYT Killing Skills, Monday
By Jennifer Sabba
The Wall Street Journal is offering some businesses firesale prices for full-page ads in its highly anticipated New York edition to seduce advertisers away from The New York Times.
Wall Street Journal Managing Editor Robert Thomson and other executives plan to unveil the edition during a press briefing on Monday morning.
The section will cover local news, culture and sports, and will be incorporated within the Wall Street Journal. It will be circulated in the New York area.
Rupert Murdoch, whose News Corp owns the Journal, is betting that New Yorkers want an alternative to the Times, and he is willing to risk the ire of any shareholders not interested in pulp and ink.
David Joyce, an analyst at Miller Tabak, said investors "tend to hate" the newspaper assets of News Corp.
"They wish it could be spun out, but you have to go into News Corp assuming they're going to be around. Newspapers, the power and influence that come along with (them), are integral to the News Corp strategy."
To entice advertisers onto the pages of the New York edition, the Wall Street Journal is deeply cutting the cost of a full-page ad and, as a bonus, throwing in a full-page ad in the New York Post, also owned by News Corp.
Some local businesses can buy a full-page ad for $19,000, according to a Wall Street Journal presentation to advertisers that was shown to Reuters by a source. That is a steep discount to full-page print ads in large newspapers that can cost up to $90,000.
A Dow Jones source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said only a few New York area businesses not currently advertising in the Wall Street Journal or the New York Post were being offered the discount.
"With News Corp having a vast array of diversified assets, they can afford to essentially buy market share in the New York newspaper market by offering cut-rate advertising," said Miller Tabak's Joyce. "That could perhaps hurt New York Times' finances.
Read the rest here.
The Wall Street Journal is offering some businesses firesale prices for full-page ads in its highly anticipated New York edition to seduce advertisers away from The New York Times.
Wall Street Journal Managing Editor Robert Thomson and other executives plan to unveil the edition during a press briefing on Monday morning.
The section will cover local news, culture and sports, and will be incorporated within the Wall Street Journal. It will be circulated in the New York area.
Rupert Murdoch, whose News Corp owns the Journal, is betting that New Yorkers want an alternative to the Times, and he is willing to risk the ire of any shareholders not interested in pulp and ink.
David Joyce, an analyst at Miller Tabak, said investors "tend to hate" the newspaper assets of News Corp.
"They wish it could be spun out, but you have to go into News Corp assuming they're going to be around. Newspapers, the power and influence that come along with (them), are integral to the News Corp strategy."
To entice advertisers onto the pages of the New York edition, the Wall Street Journal is deeply cutting the cost of a full-page ad and, as a bonus, throwing in a full-page ad in the New York Post, also owned by News Corp.
Some local businesses can buy a full-page ad for $19,000, according to a Wall Street Journal presentation to advertisers that was shown to Reuters by a source. That is a steep discount to full-page print ads in large newspapers that can cost up to $90,000.
A Dow Jones source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said only a few New York area businesses not currently advertising in the Wall Street Journal or the New York Post were being offered the discount.
"With News Corp having a vast array of diversified assets, they can afford to essentially buy market share in the New York newspaper market by offering cut-rate advertising," said Miller Tabak's Joyce. "That could perhaps hurt New York Times' finances.
Read the rest here.
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