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Microsoft and News Corp in Discussions to Remove Newspaper Content from Google


Yes, 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, which has a strong track record for accurate reportage - this is unlikely to be a fluffy rumor. The piece reads, in part:





I say go for it. So, I'm sure, do all the other web publishers who see that removing many of the major news sites from Google will provide even more traffic for the upstarts. News Corp is merrily making itself irrelevant to web consumers, while continuing to use Google as its punch bag rather than addressing the radical transition of media into the online world.

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