[News] Intellectual Monopolists -- Murdoch Included -- Attack Reporting

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Experts: Comcast's Acquisition of NBC May End Free TV ,----[ Quote ] | Increasingly, media moguls, national | journalists and Wall Street experts are | predicting that cable provider Comcast's | acquisition of NBC will lead to the end of free | broadcast television. Numerous outlets have | reported that Rupert Murdoch, founder of Fox | News Channel's parent company NewsCorp, is | actively pushing to end the long-time | television business model where advertising | dollars pay for programming. `---- http://www.prwatch.org/node/8798 The rise of machine-written journalism ,----[ Quote ] | Famine isn’t a worry for most journalists in | the developed world. But the information | workers who toil at the core of the news | business do resemble the stocking-makers of | Nottinghamshire in other ways. `---- http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2009-12/16/the-rise-of-machine-written-journalism.aspx Recent: Google tells Murdoch to shut up ,----[ Quote ] | But Schmidt said Google is a "great source | of promotion" for newspapers through its | aggregator website Google News and other | services. `---- http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1564786/google-tells-murdoch-shut -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAks8gakACgkQU4xAY3RXLo6BnACfT8N2TGr4HXW1aSeUA5LPHE4X agsAn1GXqVgBUH0z9O/GW5UD+PcDFFlV =Tr1I -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@schestowitz.com> espoused: > > Experts: Comcast's Acquisition of NBC May End Free TV > > ,----[ Quote ] >| Increasingly, media moguls, national >| journalists and Wall Street experts are >| predicting that cable provider Comcast's >| acquisition of NBC will lead to the end of free >| broadcast television. Numerous outlets have >| reported that Rupert Murdoch, founder of Fox >| News Channel's parent company NewsCorp, is >| actively pushing to end the long-time >| television business model where advertising >| dollars pay for programming. > `---- > > http://www.prwatch.org/node/8798 Murdoch has also been attacking the BBC in the same way recently, indicating that the licence-fee should be split across multiple broadcasters, and that the BBC's remit should be reduced, in order, of course, for Murdoch to make more money. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the BBC stopping Mr Murdoch from lining his pockets with additional cash has been referred to as "communist". Some clues, perhaps, as to the play-book in use. -- | mark at ellandroad dot demon dot co dot uk | | Cola faq: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/linux/advocacy/faq-and-primer/ | | Cola trolls: http://colatrolls.blogspot.com/ | | Open platforms prevent vendor lock-in. Own your Own services! |

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ____/ Mark Kent on Thursday 31 Dec 2009 21:28 : \____ > > > Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@schestowitz.com> espoused: >> >> Experts: Comcast's Acquisition of NBC May End Free TV >> >> ,----[ Quote ] >>| Increasingly, media moguls, national >>| journalists and Wall Street experts are >>| predicting that cable provider Comcast's >>| acquisition of NBC will lead to the end of free >>| broadcast television. Numerous outlets have >>| reported that Rupert Murdoch, founder of Fox >>| News Channel's parent company NewsCorp, is >>| actively pushing to end the long-time >>| television business model where advertising >>| dollars pay for programming. >> `---- >> >> http://www.prwatch.org/node/8798 > > Murdoch has also been attacking the BBC in the same way recently, > indicating that the licence-fee should be split across multiple > broadcasters, and that the BBC's remit should be reduced, in order, of > course, for Murdoch to make more money. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the BBC > stopping Mr Murdoch from lining his pockets with additional cash has > been referred to as "communist". Some clues, perhaps, as to the > play-book in use. Yes, El Reg took the piss out of him on Wednesday: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/30/quotes_of_the_year/ “Everybody loves the BBC and it doesn't cost anything, Murdoch should learn a thing or two” You've gotta see the photo. - -- ~~ Best of wishes Roy S. Schestowitz | "Somebody, give this politician a wedgie" http://Schestowitz.com | Open Prospects | PGP-Key: 0x74572E8E Tasks: 140 total, 1 running, 139 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie http://iuron.com - knowledge engine, not a search engine -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAks9+8EACgkQU4xAY3RXLo7SfQCeNNndbK5jXrmaOcaemJXKfrEf ciUAnR7JHpzNrra6UNKBuCd/gReWAqlG =UWz7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@schestowitz.com> espoused: > > > > ____/ Mark Kent on Thursday 31 Dec 2009 21:28 : \____ > >> >> >> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@schestowitz.com> espoused: >>> >>> Experts: Comcast's Acquisition of NBC May End Free TV >>> >>> ,----[ Quote ] >>>| Increasingly, media moguls, national >>>| journalists and Wall Street experts are >>>| predicting that cable provider Comcast's >>>| acquisition of NBC will lead to the end of free >>>| broadcast television. Numerous outlets have >>>| reported that Rupert Murdoch, founder of Fox >>>| News Channel's parent company NewsCorp, is >>>| actively pushing to end the long-time >>>| television business model where advertising >>>| dollars pay for programming. >>> `---- >>> >>> http://www.prwatch.org/node/8798 >> >> Murdoch has also been attacking the BBC in the same way recently, >> indicating that the licence-fee should be split across multiple >> broadcasters, and that the BBC's remit should be reduced, in order, of >> course, for Murdoch to make more money. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the BBC >> stopping Mr Murdoch from lining his pockets with additional cash has >> been referred to as "communist". Some clues, perhaps, as to the >> play-book in use. > > Yes, El Reg took the piss out of him on Wednesday: > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/30/quotes_of_the_year/ > > “Everybody loves the BBC and it doesn't cost anything, Murdoch should learn a thing or two” > > You've gotta see the photo. Excellent! I'm a little surprised that as we're approaching an election, saving the BBC from Murdoch hasn't been picked up by any of the major parties. In fact, whilst they're at it, they could save the British Library and the National Archives from Microsoft, too. Oh yeah, and cease the ID card idiocy and stop the Mckinnon case, and throw out that awful piece of legislation, which was rushed in and is, guess what, being abused by the US. I think it's time our extradition laws were changed so that we do not extradite anyone to any country which uses the death penalty. It might force a little social change. -- | mark at ellandroad dot demon dot co dot uk | | Cola faq: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/linux/advocacy/faq-and-primer/ | | Cola trolls: http://colatrolls.blogspot.com/ | | Open platforms prevent vendor lock-in. Own your Own services! |

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ____/ Mark Kent on Friday 01 Jan 2010 15:50 : \____ > > > Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@schestowitz.com> espoused: >> >> >> >> ____/ Mark Kent on Thursday 31 Dec 2009 21:28 : \____ >> >>> >>> >>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@schestowitz.com> espoused: >>>> >>>> Experts: Comcast's Acquisition of NBC May End Free TV >>>> >>>> ,----[ Quote ] >>>>| Increasingly, media moguls, national >>>>| journalists and Wall Street experts are >>>>| predicting that cable provider Comcast's >>>>| acquisition of NBC will lead to the end of free >>>>| broadcast television. Numerous outlets have >>>>| reported that Rupert Murdoch, founder of Fox >>>>| News Channel's parent company NewsCorp, is >>>>| actively pushing to end the long-time >>>>| television business model where advertising >>>>| dollars pay for programming. >>>> `---- >>>> >>>> http://www.prwatch.org/node/8798 >>> >>> Murdoch has also been attacking the BBC in the same way recently, >>> indicating that the licence-fee should be split across multiple >>> broadcasters, and that the BBC's remit should be reduced, in order, of >>> course, for Murdoch to make more money. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the BBC >>> stopping Mr Murdoch from lining his pockets with additional cash has >>> been referred to as "communist". Some clues, perhaps, as to the >>> play-book in use. >> >> Yes, El Reg took the piss out of him on Wednesday: >> >> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/30/quotes_of_the_year/ >> >> “Everybody loves the BBC and it doesn't cost anything, Murdoch should learn a >> thing or two” >> >> You've gotta see the photo. > > Excellent! > > I'm a little surprised that as we're approaching an election, saving the > BBC from Murdoch hasn't been picked up by any of the major parties. In > fact, whilst they're at it, they could save the British Library and the > National Archives from Microsoft, too. Oh yeah, and cease the ID card > idiocy and stop the Mckinnon case, and throw out that awful piece of > legislation, which was rushed in and is, guess what, being abused by the > US. > > I think it's time our extradition laws were changed so that we do not > extradite anyone to any country which uses the death penalty. It might > force a little social change. The ID cards made their début here. Almost nobody came, except a journalist. - -- ~~ Best of wishes Roy S. Schestowitz | Data lacking semantics is currency in an island http://Schestowitz.com | Mandriva Linux | PGP-Key: 0x74572E8E run-level 2 Nov 17 02:36 http://iuron.com - help build a non-profit search engine -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAks+fCEACgkQU4xAY3RXLo77OACgpuCigFTcBybxboweIybsyQL+ D6sAn2NmzX4nugXMJPZCnuw8eQ6S8pNo =1NUI -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----