Murdoch says, “You will pay for News”
David Allen
For some time, there has been a volcano under the issue of the provision of news coverage to websites and other providers of news such as Google.
In a speech at a recent media meeting in Beijing, China, the volcano finally erupted when Rupert Murdoch told internet search engines that they should pay for news content.
He claims that the search engines are currently “stealing “ from news sites such as Sky News and Fox News.
He apparently has no love for the search industry.
According to Mr Murdoch, these search engines are thieving stories in order to make money from them.
He added that the plagiarists are going to have to pay a price for using his content soon.
These are harsh words from a news organisation like Sky News, which probably gets a fair amount of traffic from search engines.
However, as with the online newspapers, he seems to be serious about this.
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