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08-05-2009, 09:56 PM
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Rupert: Fair & Balanced is Going to Cost You
Murdoch also reiterated Wednesday that the company plans to begin charging consumers online for access to all the company's news Web sites, including those of newspapers like the New York Post and TV networks, including Fox News.
What would be the "right" price? So to speak. 
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08-05-2009, 10:02 PM
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He's an idiot who's going to run his customers to another place for news.
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08-06-2009, 10:09 AM
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08-06-2009, 10:14 AM
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Contrary to the opinions above me, I think this may be a smart move. He has a captive audience. Somehow a lot of FNC viewers actually believe in the "Fair and balanced" claims, and they stand as the only mainstream conservative (oh wait, fair and balanced?) news network, paper etc.. If, say, MSNBC started charging, they wouldn't get a dime because they are only one of several more liberal networks and numerous websites, and people would turn elsewhere. FNC/MSNBC have manufactured animosity, and I doubt their viewers aren't going to reconcile their differences anytime soon. So, have Sean Hannity blabber about the media some more (hypocrisy at its best) and then have him give an ultimatum: "Want to only be left with the LIBERAL news networks and their stupid annoying crappy websites? Then pay a small fee for us and we'll give you freedom!" It may just be crazy enough to work.
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08-06-2009, 04:19 PM
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Hey! It worked when FOX became the first network to charge its affiliates for NFL Programming when they won the rights to Football by outbidding CBS back in the 90s.
They took a look at what it was going to cost them and they said "Hey! Let's charge the locals for this programming 'cause we aren't going to stay a network for too long if we have to pay for this crap ourselves AND compensate the locals at the same time!" Thus was born the idea that the Network needs to be compensated for the programming it's providing to its affiliates. Once the precident was established by FOX, it then followed that the compensation that the other Big 3 networks used to dole out to the local TV Stations for carring their product/schlop would soon start to be transferred right back into the pockets of their networks... So, what worked for the goose, worked for the gander... That's why FOX was so "edgy" and out with their stuff to begin with...in order to keep the local affiliates wanting more and paying for it, it had to be better than what the other three were doing...and it was... The other three had a hard time, initially, trying to do what FOX was doing, but they managed to drain off some the brain-cells over at FOX and got their program up to speed at their places... Now, if Rupert wants to apply the same technique to his newsproduct, who's going to stop him? He made the template...so I can see him using it for other venues of his... I'm wondering if Rupert was some sort of drug dealer back in his younger years? Give 'em what they want for free, then flip it back on them and make them pay you for it. Could work in any venue...right? 
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08-06-2009, 04:54 PM
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08-06-2009, 05:10 PM
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08-06-2009, 06:07 PM
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Build a Better Mouse Trap!
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The conventional wisdom from that mind set is that anyone who doesn't recognize the "free is better" is a fool, hence the envy and hatred for any who sacrifice to have. Rupert has already proven many times over that he offer's an appealing product, and it has to be noted much to the dismay of his competition! It would not be surprising to see that his products continue to be valued by his consumers and that his market share increases as time goes by, while at the same time his competition finds less and less of a market for the product they can't give away! The market sets all prices! And the market has already spoken with regard to most of the products out there; those products are not worth anything! Case in point, evidenced by continued declining sales and circulation New York Times can’t even give their weekday paper away despite including $2.00 worth of cat box liner/dead fish wrapper/emergency toilet paper raw material! For folks like that maybe Dan Rather makes sense!? http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/135834
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