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Rupert Murdoch threatens Google: Twitter users predict backfire

Posted by Lauren McTigue on 11/09/09 • Categorized as Web, World

News Corporation’s Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch said that the company is planning to remove news stories from the Google search engine in an interview with Australia’s Sky News.

The New Zealand Herald was just one of many outlets to report on Murdoch’s plan to block Google from searching News Corp. sites. Murdoch also threatened to sue the BBC for “allegedly stealing content” from News Corp. sources.

Rupert Murdoch has said for a few months that News Corp. is considering charging visitors for reading content from the company’s newspapers online.

Some Twitter users think that blocking Google’s access to News Corp. stories will result in a backfire for the company that owns The Wall Street Journal and The Times of London, among others.

  1. Joe Wosik
    joewo (San Mateo, Calif.) EXCELLENT!! Rupert Murdoch says his news organizations will not be on Google. Not on Google…not seen by about 90% of searchers #FAIL #p2 10 Nov 2009 from web
  2. scripted/addicted
    scriptdaddictd (New York City, N.Y.) Rupert Murdoch vs. Google = short match. 10 Nov 2009 from txt
  3. Oisin Prendiville
    prendio2 (Undisclosed) i haven’t watched all this but Rupert Murdoch seems to be completely out of touch http://bit.ly/1oaamT found via @marshallk 10 Nov 2009 from Tweetie
  4. Jason
    jasonblogz (Undisclosed) If Rupert Murdoch wants to charge so people will pay to read his News Corp garbage, I say let him! But what will media matters do? 10 Nov 2009 from web
  5. Amber Avines
    wordsdonewrite (Los Angeles, Calif.) @morganb Regarding Rupert Murdoch, he is so far in left field regarding news content. As a former staffer at LA Times, I follow him closely. 10 Nov 2009 from web in reply to morganb
  6. Feedjunkie
    Feedjunkie (World) If The WSJ.com Says Goodbye To Google, It Will Also Say Goodbye To 25 Percent Of Its Traffic: Whenever Rupert Murdoch goes .. All-feeds.com 10 Nov 2009 from twitterfeed
  7. Jason Kirk
    BrickCheney (Undisclosed) Rupert Murdoch says Google users aren’t good for ad revenue. This is news to Google, the world’s biggest ad company. 10 Nov 2009 from TweetDeck
  8. Mauricio Godoy
    mauricioswg (Undisclosed) Rupert Murdoch blocking Google reminds me of the RIAA suing Napster. Yet another example of failing to adapt. 10 Nov 2009 from Tweetie

Though Murdoch acknowledges the benefits of a highly visited search engine like Google, he does not see much danger in removing News Corp. stories from it.

The Wall Street Journal reported Google’s comments saying that news organizations are free to choose not to have their stories come up in the site’s search results.

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  • Good. Let him block his propaganda garbage from Google. Who cares about Murd(er)och. He's just another greedy money monster.

    As the old saying goes, a fool and his money soon part.
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