Microsoft and News Corp in Discussions to Remove Newspaper Conte...

Courtesy Mashable!  Sun, 11/22/2009 - 18:51

rupert_murdochYes, really.

Rupert Murdoch’s crusade to blame Google for the failing newspaper business model continues today, as it emerges that News Corp has conducted talks with Microsoft about de-indexing the company’s sites from Google and (presumably) being paid to include them in Bing instead.

The concept makes sense only if you buy Murdoch’s claims that Google is “stealing” content rather than simply helping people find it.

The revelation comes from the Financial Times ,...


 

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