Comments on: Soundbite: Murdoch Deputy Says “Beware Of Geeks Bearing Gifts” http://www.mediaite.com/online/soundbite-murdoch-deputy-says-beware-of-geeks-bearing-gifts/ Mediaite Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:58:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: m http://www.mediaite.com/online/soundbite-murdoch-deputy-says-beware-of-geeks-bearing-gifts/#comment-11799 m Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:05:58 +0000 http://www.mediaite.com/?p=51879#comment-11799 If you want to earn money on the internet, you can only do it by providing a service nobody else can. The internet is the global flatlands where everyone stand on equal grounds. Seems to me that Murdoch, for being such an incredible neoliberal which reflects through out all of his newspapers, simply hates having too much competition. Ironic, isn't it? I tend to pirate much of the music I consume, but when I can't obtain it through file sharing networks, or if I want a high-quality version, or if I want a song that I can't find anywhere else, I buy the songs from iTunes. This is how the internet works: you get money and visitors if you give access and content and availability to things you can't find anywhere else on the internet. Especially if it's free. As long as Murdoch owns dozens and dozens of papers that do the exact same thing, they'll just be perpetual money sinkholes. Mediaite stands out as the best website that gathers news about American media, which is why I visit. I believe the model of news aggregation, together with some own reporting and opinion is a recipe that works really well ("Huffpo model"). But something says to me that NewsCorp don't think outside the box. They're still too fixated of the traditional physical way of doing things. If you want to earn money on the internet, you can only do it by providing a service nobody else can. The internet is the global flatlands where everyone stand on equal grounds. Seems to me that Murdoch, for being such an incredible neoliberal which reflects through out all of his newspapers, simply hates having too much competition. Ironic, isn’t it?

I tend to pirate much of the music I consume, but when I can’t obtain it through file sharing networks, or if I want a high-quality version, or if I want a song that I can’t find anywhere else, I buy the songs from iTunes. This is how the internet works: you get money and visitors if you give access and content and availability to things you can’t find anywhere else on the internet. Especially if it’s free. As long as Murdoch owns dozens and dozens of papers that do the exact same thing, they’ll just be perpetual money sinkholes.

Mediaite stands out as the best website that gathers news about American media, which is why I visit. I believe the model of news aggregation, together with some own reporting and opinion is a recipe that works really well (“Huffpo model”). But something says to me that NewsCorp don’t think outside the box. They’re still too fixated of the traditional physical way of doing things.

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