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Australian newsagent accuses Murdoch of double standards

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Double standards from News Corp. on paid content battle? write Mark Fletcher at the excellent Australian Newsagency Blog. Fletcher says while Murdoch is busy making noises about paid content online, railing against free news on the net and fighting Google, he isn't ready to charge an economic cover price on the print editions of his papers.

This, says, Fletcher, means newsagents distribute News Corporation publications at a loss.

Written by Bill Bennett

November 10th, 2009 at 2:16 pm

Posted in media

Tagged with media, Murdoch, News Corporation, newspapers

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