Slog - Comments on Murdoch Media http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/murdoch_media From the New York Times: Rupert Murdoch is moving to tighten his already-imposing grip on American news media, striking a tentative deal to buy his third New York-based paper, Newsday, and getting his first chance to appoint the top editor of The Wall Street Journal, after the resignation of the editor on Tuesday. His $580 million bid for Newsday and his urgency in remaking The Journal worry his competitors and cause angst in many newsrooms, including his own. And both moves are vintage Rupert Murdoch, a man who operates his sprawling News Corporation like an old-style media mogul, making big... Copyright 2008 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:11:15 -0800 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:55:56 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty He's also railing against the FCC's "silly" rules that restrict his ability to buy up every media outlet in America. Sheesh, he makes William Randolph Hearst look like a nice guy.

]]> Fifty-Two-Eighty http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/murdoch_media#c1004523 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/murdoch_media#c1004523 Media Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:28:18 -0800 Comment by Andrew What bothers me about the big media consolidation (oh thank you Bill Clinton for signing that bill by the way) is that in the bubble of a progressive city like Seattle most of us forget that many many people do not have cable or a dish for television and most have limited internet access and only one local newspaper that they get regularly.

The fact that media conglomerates can opperate like this is a huge reason all those "red states" stay red. I really hate the argument that media consolidation does not matter with all the choices out there. The reality is many of those choices cost money and are not all that easily accessed by many Americans.

]]> Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/murdoch_media#c1004529 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/murdoch_media#c1004529 Media Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:32:56 -0800 Comment by Original Andrew Andrew @ 2,


It doesn't really matter how many choices people have if they're too stupid to see through the mindless, jingoistic, infotainment propaganda that gets passed off as "news" these days.


At this point, we have to read British or Canadian news to figure out what's happening in our own freakin' country.


If you only tell Americans exactly what they want to hear--which is Rupert Murdoch's wildly successful business model--they'll believe it regardless of the source.

]]> Original Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/murdoch_media#c1004568 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/murdoch_media#c1004568 Media Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:52:24 -0800 Comment by Rye Be careful which British news you're reading, he owns half of them too!

]]> Rye http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/murdoch_media#c1004604 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/murdoch_media#c1004604 Media Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:19:27 -0800 Comment by COMTE I can't imagine Rupert Murdoch owning a "secret" anything. If it has the loudest paint-job, and the most noise-making devices on it, then it probably belongs to him.

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/murdoch_media#c1004618 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/murdoch_media#c1004618 Media Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:24:52 -0800 Comment by Original Andrew


Rye @ 4,


Too true. They do come up with some hee-larious headlines though; I'll give them credit for that.

]]> Original Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/murdoch_media#c1004652 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/murdoch_media#c1004652 Media Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:49:37 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle After the WSJ Chief Editor resigned yesterday, I'll no longer be renewing my print subscription to the Wall Street Journal.

Time to vote with my dollars.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/murdoch_media#c1004800 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/murdoch_media#c1004800 Media Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:55:56 -0800