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SimoleonSense (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
(H/T Corner of Berkshire & Fairfax) Click Here To Read The German Newspaper Profile Of Charlie Munger *Note Article is in German and translated via Google translate Introduction (Via Financial Times Germany) Every investor knows Warren Buffett, but few of his partner Charlie Munger. Wrongly: The 85-year-old earned billions in the stock market. Odd, highly intelligent and quirky rude [...]
Gothamist (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Sure, Rupert Murdoch wants people to pay for his content, but now he's definitely considering upping the ante. From the Media Decoder : "News Corporation...has engaged in early stage discussions with Microsoft about a pact to get paid from Microsoft to remove its news content from Google’s search engine... The Financial Times first reported on the discussions, which involve Microsoft possibly...
Osborne Ink (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
It's the best idea I've heard in ages: Rupert Murdoch wants to de-index from Google (which is less complicated than it sounds; you just insert a tiny string of HTML code) and go behind a paywall so that we rubes have to fork over cash to News Corp whenever we click a link to Murdoch's content. Of course, what will actually happen is that consumers (that's you) will click the link, find the paywall,...
Good Morning Silicone Valley (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
So if Google, as the Aggregator in Chief, is as some publishers believe the bête noire of the newspaper industry, does that make Microsoft look like a white knight? The Redmond behemoth has apparently sensed such an opportunity, because according to the Financial Times (and TechCrunch before...
AterSlash (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Hugh Pickens writes ”The Financial Times reports that Microsoft is in discussions to pay Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, owner of newspapers ranging from the Wall Street Journal of the US to The Sun of the UK, to ‘de-index’ its news websites from Google, setting the scene for a search engine battle that could offer a ray of light to the newspaper industry. Microsoft is desperate...
p2pnet (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Microsoft and News Corp eye web pact Financial Times Microsoft has had discussions with News Corp over a plan that would involve the media company’s being paid to “de-index” its news websites from Google, setting the scene for a search engine battle that could offer a ray of light to the newspaper industry. The impetus for [...]
Google Blogoscoped (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Financial Times reports that Microsoft has had discussions with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp media company "over a plan that would involve the media company's being paid to 'de-index' its news websites from Google". Talks are at an "early stage", an unnamed sourced told the Financial Times, however, "Microsoft has also approached other big online publishers to persuade them to...
Computer Nerds Blog (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Hugh Pickens writes "The Financial Times reports that Microsoft is in discussions to pay Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, owner of newspapers ranging from the Wall Street Journal of the US to The Sun of the UK, to 'de-index' its news websites from Google, setting the scene for a search engine battle that could offer a ray of light to the newspaper industry. Microsoft is desperate to catch Google in...
TechCrunch UK (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Congratulations to the Financial Times. It's taken them 10 days and three reporters to confirm our previous story that Microsoft and News Corp, along with plenty of other newspaper publishers, are in actual, formal discussions to encourage them to de-index from Google and will incentivise them with premium positions on the Bing search engine, revenue share and, in all likelihood, cold hard cash ....
The Wire (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Microsoft has held talks with News Corporation over plans that would see the Rupert Murdoch-owned company being paid to stop its newspaper content being indexed by Google, the Financial Times has reported. Microsoft’s interest could be seen as an attack on Google and put more pressure on it to start paying for newspaper content. Rupert Murdoch hasn’t [...]
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
According to a Financial Times report, Microsoft is in discussions with News Corporation and others about pulling content from Google The next battle in the search wars could be over access to news content. The FT reports that Microsoft – which has made increasing the market share of its Bing search engine its top online priority – has reached out to "big online publishers" in...
Live @ Sax.net (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
The first paragraph in an article from today’s Financial Times: ” Microsoft has had discussions with News Corp over a plan that would involve the media company’s being paid to “de-index” its news websites from Google, setting the scene for a search engine battle that could offer a ray of light to the newspaper industry. “ Nobody [...]
Silicon Valley Watcher (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
The Financial Times reports that Rupert Murdoch's News Corp has had discussions with Microsoft about payments to be able to index its content. The impetus for the discussions came from News Corp, owner of newspapers ranging from the Wall Street Journal of the US to The Sun of the UK, said a person familiar with the situation, who warned that talks were at an early stage. However, the Financial Times...
Oliver Willis (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
So dumb, it hurts. Microsoft is in discussions with News Corp. to remove its news articles from Google in a move to marginalize the search engine that could have ramifications for the newspaper biz, according to the Financial Times. The talks, which are at an early stage, center around payment for News Corp.’s newspapers such as the [...]
Mashable (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Yes, really. Rupert Murdoch’s crusade to blame Google for the failing newspaper business model continues today, as it emerges that News Corp has conducted talks with Microsoft about de-indexing the company’s sites from Google and (presumably) being paid to include them in Bing instead. The concept makes sense only if you buy Murdoch’s claims that Google is “stealing”...
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habser | 11/17/2009
Jaguar Land Rover is expected to announce today that it has secured a 170 million pounds ($282.5 million) five-year loan from GE Capital, says Financial Times newspaper. This new loan will be used by the company to recover from the global financial downturn.
weblomaniac | 01/25/2009
McDonalds bucks the recession by announcing today that it will create 12,000 part time jobs and open 240 new restaurants in Europe this year. According the Financial Times, the company will hire 50 people at each of the 240 new restaurants, mostly in ...
dhall987 | 01/21/2009
Sony Corp is preparing to announce on Wednesday or Thursday details of its December restructuring plan, including where job cuts will fall, the Financial Times reported.
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