Margaret Simons reports live from the Media140 conference in Sydney, where journalist Caroline Overington pissed off News Ltd by talking about its paywall plans, had a crack at the ABC, and clashed with Annabel Crabb.
Rupert Murdoch 
News Corp revenue slumps 4.1%
Rupert Murdoch loves to act positive, so his 2009/2010 first quarter profit report was upbeat, focusing on the 9% rise of the consolidated operating income. Except, it’s the cost reductions and cuts that you should pay attention to.
Would you pay Murdoch for articles like this…?
“Drunkest man ever tries to buy booze” is apparently what News Ltd’s Adelaide Now believes is news. Is this what Rupert Murdoch means when he talks about his engaging, original content? asks Ben Shepherd.
Why a Tory victory is just what Rupert wants
If the Conservative Party gain power in the UK, they will “rip up” the BBC’s royal charter, deregulating the TV industry to improve the market for commercial operators, according to the party’s shadow culture secretary.
Fox News is un-American
“The Australian-British-continental model of politicized media that Murdoch has applied at Fox is un-American” says Jacob Weisberg, calling on journalists to boycott appearing on the network. Hey, don’t blame us, Weisberg!
Sports, TV and anti-siphoning laws: tripe for the picking
Major sporting organisations claim that anti-siphoning laws are bad for viewers, Foxtel argue it would be bad for sporting codes to have their sports shown to as many people as possible, and Rupert Murdoch is threatening to force his US cable rivals to pay him for carrying his Fox TV network.
Mark Day: News does have content worth paying for — we just haven’t figured out what it is yet
Mark Dayleaps into the The Oz’s “Stacks-on ABC’s Mark Day” Day: Scott is wrong to dismiss paywalls on the grounds that much of News Corp’s content isn’t worth paying for: it is, and when Rupert works out what and why, he’ll let you know.
News bites back at the ABC
News Digital Media CEO Richard Freudenstein hits back at the “misguided commentary and criticism” of News Corp and its Dear Leader made by ABC chief Mark Scott last week.
An Alvin and the Chipmunks led revival
Rupert Murdoch at his annual News Corporation meeting looks to an Alvin and the Chipmunks sequel to provide News Corporation with a Happy Christmas.
Crikey Says: Murdoch works the news cycle
When it’s time to hold News Corp’s AGM over in the Big Apple, Rupert Murdoch knows exactly when to run it so it gets lost in “put out the trash Friday”. A nice way of avoiding the Aussie news.
Your ABC and their News Limited: the media’s empire games
A speech last night by ABC chief Mark Scott was a pre-emptive strike in what will be the main media battle of the first quarter of this century — between paid content and public broadcasting.
White House doesn’t wear the Fox hat
Travelling through the US, Simon Burrow reports on the battle of Fox News vs. the White House. Has open war broken out between old and new media?
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Is the WSJ hemorrhaging money?
Tipsters tell Gawker that the News Corp-owned Wall Street Journal is on track to lose $100 million this year. Given the Journal is Murdoch’s big paywall success story, the news could cause a lot of red faces if true.
MySpace is now worthless
A few years ago, Rupert Murdoch purchased buzzing social network site MySpace for the bargain basement price of $580 million. How much is it worth these days? Next to nothing, estimates Henry Blodget.
News Ltd’s hypocrisy: Don’t aggregate us (but do Digg, Reddit and Tweet us…)
According to Rupert Murdoch, Google and other content “kleptomaniacs” are stealing and profiting from his content. But what do you find at the end of the every News article? A “Share This” request for readera to promote the story on the very sites that Murdoch decries.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Focus and politics
Crikey readers weigh in on the political media cycle that pollies are sucked in to, Rupert Murdoch’s views on the cost of journalism and the years of the Beattie government.
Tales from China’s big media mogul love-in
Big fan of the free press, China, recently hosted a summit for the world’s media moguls to get together and pat themselves on the back. Rupert Murdoch railed against free-riders, pirates and kleptomaniacs, while President Hu Jintao ironically called for more “truth” in media.
Rupert the Sun King’s moral posture takes on a slouch
Over the weekend, Rupert Murdoch used some nasty language at the so-called World Media Summit in Beijing to slag off the likes of Google and Yahoo, describing them as content “kleptomaniacs” because they aggregate News Corporation’s content.
Crikey Says: What Murdoch thinks of the media
The latest piece of measured media commentary from Rupert Murdoch shows him declaring that “the Philistine phase of the digital age is almost over”. Is he making sense?
Tech kings overthrow the media mogul empire
The media empire is dead. Tech moguls like Apple’s Steve Jobs of Apple and Google’s Sergey Brin and Larry Page now control the distribution of news, and the era of old-school moguls like Ted Turner and Rupert Murdoch has come to an end.
Greenslade: Murdoch has lost the plot
Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate hemorrhaged billions of dollars last year, and the media environment isn’t getting friendlier any time soon. So why is he gambling the entire empire on the hope that people will pay to read his websites? asks Roy Greenslade.
Why Rupert Murdoch must fire Glenn Beck
Rupert Murdoch doesn’t care about Left or Right, says Ben Cohen: he cares about money. And once Fox News’ Glenn Beck pisses enough people (and advertisers) off with his race-baiting rants, Murdoch will bring down the axe.
Free Evening Standard: paywall waters muddied
Newspaper publishers everywhere will be avidly watching the London Evening Standard’s decision to drop its print paywall. Will free newspapers attract more advertisers?
