editorsweblog.org: Rupert Murdoch insists on newspaper website development
editorsweblog.org: Rupert Murdoch insists on newspaper website development
Rupert Murdoch insists on newspaper website development
“I’m a digital immigrant. I wasn’t weaned on the web, nor coddled on a computer…My two young daughters, on the other hand, will be digital natives. They’ll never know a world without ubiquitous broadband internet access.”
Speaking at the American Society of Newspaper Editors, media baron Rupert Murdoch pushed delegates to get over their fears of the Internet and invest in their digital wings. Since Murdoch has been in the business quite a while and been, shall we say, successful, his words should not be taken lightly.
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[…] Want to pretend you’re Rupert Murdoch? Then Media Mogul is just the thing — the new board game that intends to put the likes of Trivial Pursuit and Scrabble in the shade. … Whether we work in the media or just take an interest in how it works, few of us have not dwelt occasionally on what it must feel like to stand in the shoes of a media mogul such as Rupert Murdoch, Richard Desmond or Marjorie Scardino. This Christmas it will be possible to experience the adrenalin surge of owning our own media empires and we won’t need a team of investors behind us. Being in charge of a media operation is often glibly referred to as “owning the train set”, but it is an old-fashioned board game that now offers all-comers the chance to make like Rupert. […]
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