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Z und Vielpunkt's chick: Now we know who's been Googling "Can a human get a dog pregnant?" [gawker.com] more »
Michael Murdock: Well let's see: Murray's a fucking idiot. You don't go to an invite only event to view a new piece of technology from Apple and then tweet on somethin... more »
GlasgowRose: Is Orkut (I could type that name all day) wearing sanctioned clothing from the inaugural Google fashion collectoin in that last pic? [www.huffingtonp... more »
GlasgowRose: Hold the iPhone: I've been following @lindsayism and it isn't LiLo? #tweetcheat more »
tigolbitties: damn steve jobs' shoes could be on fire and his pants wouldn't know it! more »
Alexia Tsotsis: Good call on HuffPo. more »
Purple Dave: Wow. Is it any wonder that they used Jobs as the basis for Chevy Chase's character on Chuck? more »
Brian Wilson: I like the thought of jobs but I don't think he really stands for the revolutionary changes quoted above. more »
Swifter: The furry thing is just hilarious! more »
#rumormonger Click here to read Shutting Down Rupert Murdoch's Social Experiments Lab

Shutting Down Rupert Murdoch's Social Experiments Lab

We hear News Corporation is winding down MySpace spinoff Slingshot Labs, a vestige of the media conglomerate's efforts to retain MySpace founder Chris DeWolfe. But the labs are hatching one last diabolical plot, on behalf of the Wall Street Journal. More »
#printisdead Click here to read Reality Check: 80% Won't Pay for Online Content (And the Other 20% Are Probably Lying)

Reality Check: 80% Won't Pay for Online Content (And the Other 20% Are Probably Lying)

Forrester Research has a new study out that Rupert Murdoch should probably download: Of 4,000 people polled, 80 percent will not pay for online newspapers or magazines, and the rest are divided on how they want to pay. More »
#theolds Click here to read Old People Talking About the Internet: Rupert Murdoch Edition

Old People Talking About the Internet: Rupert Murdoch Edition

Rupert Murdoch has revealed his secret plan for News Corp. to make money on the internet: Make News Corp. invisible, on the internet. Murdoch will leave The Google, rewrite copyright law, and teach you kids to stay off his lawn! More »
#thingsweactuallylike Click here to read MySpace's Future: Online Slum for Depression Refugees

MySpace's Future: Online Slum for Depression Refugees

It's hard to imagine much of a future for MySpace. Which is probably why it took a science fiction author to do so: Bruce Sterling says the flagging social network is an ideal shantytown for the nihilistic unemployed. Compelling! More »
#socialnetworks Click here to read Pretty Boy MySpace CEO Has Dumb Surrender Plan

Pretty Boy MySpace CEO Has Dumb Surrender Plan

MySpace now says it is no longer competing with Facebook, the rival social network with far more users. No, now MySpace will focus on the niche of music and digital entertainment. And compete with Apple and Google. More »
#rumormonger Click here to read Is the <i>Wall Street Journal</i> Bleeding Cash?

Is the Wall Street Journal Bleeding Cash?

The Wall Street Journal uses an astounding 30 to 60 staffers to produce an underwhelming webcast knockoff of CNBC, says Business Insider. (Update: WSJ says closer to 10.) That would help explain the rumors that the newspaper is hemorrhaging money. More »
#unlikelysaviors

Rupert Murdoch (!) will end "the Philistine phase of the digital age," with paid content.

#printisdead Click here to read Rupert Murdoch, Gang Leader

Rupert Murdoch, Gang Leader

OK, maybe Rupert Murdoch really is serious about charging for online newspaper content, after all: The News Corporation chairman has reportedly dispatched his lieutenant to form some kind of newspaper pay-wall gang. More »
#conspiracytheories Click here to read We Think Rupert Murdoch's Bluffing on His Pay-Wall Pledge

We Think Rupert Murdoch's Bluffing on His Pay-Wall Pledge

Rupert Murdoch promises his News Corp. publications will charge for content by next year. Steven Brill swears he has hundreds of newspapers signed up to do likewise. Who wants to be the first to follow these sharks into the pool? More »
#businessmodels Click here to read Facebook Does Not Want to Get You Laid

Facebook Does Not Want to Get You Laid

Facebook has long been the wet blanket of social networks. Its latest bucket of cold water: No more searching for people by relationship status. Because then you might conceivably get laid, and we can't have that. More »
#valleywag Click here to read New MySpace Regime Lowers Expectations

New MySpace Regime Lowers Expectations

MySpace chief Own Van Natta is a consummate dealmaker; at Facebook he helped sweet talk Microsoft into a critical ad buy. MySpace is a trickier case: insiders at the social network are spreading word it faces "horrendous" user disengagement. More »
#wtf Click here to read <i>WSJ</i> Conference Opens with a Serenade to Rupert Murdoch

WSJ Conference Opens with a Serenade to Rupert Murdoch

We'll admit, there were some funny lines in this serenade to Rupert Murdoch at the Wall Street Journal's "D" event. But isn't buttering up the boss at the absolute beginning of your tech conference a little blatant? More »
#journalismism

Pirated Wolverine Review Puts Fox Newser's Job on the Line

#rupertmurdoch

Old Man In A Hurry

Rupert Murdoch's 78th year has been busy. With the exit of the Wall Street Journal's native managing editor, Marcus Brauchli, the Australian media mogul's lieutenant now has a free hand to turn the business newspaper into a broader national title. We're hearing this afternoon that Daily News owner Mort Zuckerman has dropped out of the bidding for Newsday, clearing the way for Murdoch's News Corporation to take control of a third newspaper in the New York market. And the New York Post is this week shrinking to allow the News Corporation tabloid to be produced on the same presses as the Journal. But here's the question: why the rush? There are three main reasons: newspaper publishing economics; the broader synergies available to a media group with heightened political influence; and mortality. More »
#rupertmurdoch

Murdoch advertises his own victory

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