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News Corp. Declares War On Google

  • Telegraph, Friday, November 13, 2009 3:55 PM
In the wake of news that Rupert Murdoch was considering removing all News Corp.-owned content from Google's search index, the Telegraph is reporting that the drastic move could occur "within months." Murdoch has long criticized search engines for taking a free ride on his content, and goes so far as to argue that readers who randomly reach a page via search have little value to advertisers.

Now, not only is the media mogul ready to block Google's access to his sites, but -- according to Jonathan Miller, News Corp's chief digital office -- once and for all expose the search giant as nothing more than a parasite on the media industry. "I don't believe the media industry can continue to exist in this way," Miller told a Monaco Media Forum on Friday.

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