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The Daily delivered to European iPads soon
First half 2011 launch planned 16 March 2011 15:06 GMT TweetNews Corp's digital newspaper The Daily is all set to hit an iPad near you (should you happen to reside in Western Europe) before the first half of 2011 is up.
That's the news coming from Jonathan Miller, the chief digital officer at the media...
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Online news is killing newspapers
Rupert, you knew this day would come 15 March 2011 15:46 GMT TweetOnline news has overtaken newspapers for the first time ever, in terms of where people regularly get their news fix from.
The PEJ State of the Media report shows that, as 2010 was drawing to a close, online news was the only news platform that...
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Rupert Murdoch given all clear for BSkyB takeover
But has to jettison Sky News 3 March 2011 11:34 GMT TweetRupert Murdoch's plans to buy out the remaining shares in BSkyB have been given a massive boost, as the British Government has okayed News Corps proposal. He will be allowed to increase the corporation's shareholding from 39 per cent to 100 per cent,...
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Editorial concerns at The Daily already?
Leaked memo suggests so 16 February 2011 10:06 GMT TweetiPad newspaper The Daily is, according to Rupert Murdoch at least, supposed to be an "indispensable source for news, information, and entertainment".
But could the digital publication be failing to live up to its CEO's expectations just 2 weeks...
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The Daily (iPad) hands-on
HANDS-ON $30 million in the making... 2 February 2011 18:49 GMT TweetCosting a mammoth $30 million to set up and launch, and approximately $500,000 per day to run, Rupert Murdoch's latest venture, The Daily, is no mere application. The iPad-only (for now) multimedia news service may not be the most original of concepts,...
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The Daily to launch on other tablets
Not iPad exclusive forever 2 February 2011 16:52 GMT TweetThe Daily will not be an iPad exclusive digital publication forever, Rupert Murdoch confirmed at the launch event in New York.
"We've been quite honest with Apple about that," said the News Corp. CEO. "As other tablets get established we will...
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Read all about it: The Daily iPad newspaper on sale now
News Corp. and Apple venture live 2 February 2011 16:32 GMT TweetRupert Murdoch took to the stage at the Guggenheim Museum in New York to officially launch The Daily - the digital iPad newspaper which is a result of a partnership between the Australian's News Corp. and Apple.
Murdoch, who would have surely...
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The Daily iPad digital newspaper to launch 2 February
Murdoch and Apple venture to get underway 28 January 2011 10:49 GMT TweetThe joint venture between News Corp and Apple to produce The Daily, it's joint iPad digital newspaper, is now set to launch on the 2 February.
This is after a delay rumoured to have been caused by Apple's new iTunes subscription platform. -
The Daily iPad newspaper launch delayed
Not so hot off the press then 14 January 2011 9:59 GMT TweetNews Corp has confirmed that the planned January release for The Daily, its joint-venture iPad digital newspaper with Apple, has been delayed.
There have been reports that the delay could be months, but All Things Digital quote a source who...
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New York Times begins to erect paywall
Visitors get a few articles free each month 20 January 2010 16:07 GMT TweetThe New York Times, part of Rupert Murdoch's media empire that includes the Wall Street Journal, The Times, the Sun and... er... MySpace, has begun taking steps to erect a paywall around the site that would mean that visitors would have to pony up...
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US publishing giants join forces for digital standards
Industry teams up for Magazine 2.0 plans 9 December 2009 12:09 GMT TweetIn the States, five big publishing companies have announced they are to team-up on a venture that will see open standards created for the new era of digital publishing on portable digital devices, such as the as-yet unconfirmed Apple iTablet that's...
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Google makes concession to Murdoch
Search engine to limit access to stories behind paywalls 2 December 2009 11:03 GMT TweetGoogle has taken a step towards reconciliation in its war with Rupert Murdoch and News Corp. The search engine has offered to give publishers a little more control over how users access their stories.
In a post on the Google News Blog, the...
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Microsoft offers money for News Corp to de-Google its content
Flashing the cash to buy the news after Murdoch approach 23 November 2009 11:42 GMT TweetThe Rupert Murdoch saga over Google making News Corp content widely available for people to "steal" has taken an interesting turn according to recent insider reports, suggesting Microsoft has been invited to enter talks with the media giant on the...
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Murdoch to block Google searches on News Corp content
"They steal our stories" 9 November 2009 14:11 GMT TweetNews content from The Times and The Sun could soon be noticeably absent in online searches and news aggregators if News Corp's chairman and CEO, Rupert Murdoch, has is way.
Murdoch, not shy to speak out about how he feels Google has threatened... -
Murdoch reiterates subscription plans
Still plans to charge for Times and Sun content 6 August 2009 15:36 GMT TweetA few months back, Rupert Murdoch - the CEO of News Corp, which owns the Times and Sun newspapers - said he was planning to start charging for content on the websites of the Sun, The Times and the News of the World.
Well, he's talking about...
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