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Murdoch on MySpace: 'We Screwed Up in Every Way Possible' https://www.wired.com/2012/01/murdoch-on-myspace/ https://www.wired.com/2012/01/murdoch-on-myspace/
by wombatmobile 6y ago
Murdoch on MySpace: 'We Screwed Up in Every Way Possible'
https://www.wired.com/2012/01/murdoch-on-myspace/ https://www.wired.com/2012/01/murdoch-on-myspace/
- dhosek 6y agoI had hoped for more there there when I looked at this article. In this case the headline is pretty much the whole of the content.
- wombatmobile 6y agoIn Act III, Revenge of the Mogul, Murdoch convinces the Australian government to draft new legislation requiring Google and Facebook to subsidise News Corporation's loss making newspapers by paying him for the clicks that send readers to his own websites. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24182494 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24182494 ACT II was when Murdoch convinced the Australian government to forgive $882 million in taxes. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/feb/17/rupert-murdoch-receives-882m-tax-rebate https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/feb/17/rupert-murdoch... [Edit] You might find this backstory of interest, dhosek. It's about the time a youthful Zuckerberg kicked sand in the mogul's face https://gizmodo.com/rupert-murdochs-myspace-apparently-still-haunts-mark-zu-1822924885?IR=T https://gizmodo.com/rupert-murdochs-myspace-apparently-still...