Comments on: Rupert Murdoch’s Next Move – Blogging?

By: Colin Mills

Colin Mills — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:05:31 +0000

I have a copy. Not sure how many more there are out there.

By: edward denniston

edward denniston — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 21:58:22 +0000

Thankyou John Gilbert, for you reply about Not Yet The Times query. I have a copy of the publication but I was looking for a bit more information it. How may were published? How rare is it? What were the sales numbers?

Edward Denniston

By: John Gilbert

John Gilbert — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:42:57 +0000

I still have a copy of this spoof version of the Times. I only recall it was produced during the strike but if you want to know what is in it let me know. John

By: edward denniston

edward denniston — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:27:46 +0000

QUESTION: Does anyone out there know anything about an edition of the Times called Not Yet The Times, published during the Wapping dispute?

Edward Denniston (Waterford, Ireland)

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 15:45:05 +0000

The whole point of the blogs is that it puts the individual in control. Anyone can be published. Are you an aspiring journalist? Then start a blog, and report on stories yourself. You can even monatize your blog with ads, generating some income.

As traditional newspapers, such as the New York Times, become more corrupted by the far left, more rational-minded people will turn to blogs.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 20:17:35 +0000

I'm not sure I agree, the value of buying a hugely popular blogging platform such as six apart would be limited. He'd be better buying a well engineered younger less populous platform.

He'd use his market power through newspapers etc to build users quickly enough, why go to the expense of buying a fully populated business which is not growing virally? Buying Myspace made sense since it is growing organically, but if you are just buying technology why buy a populated platform that probably doesn't contribute much to advertising income, and isn't growing on its own?

If he wants to talk - I am in Brisbane ;-)

By: Xavier Casanova

Xavier Casanova — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 16:58:41 +0000

Gustav: good point. Technorati actually makes more sense (IMHO) than SixApart, from the monetization standpoint.

By: Robert Young

Robert Young — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 16:54:01 +0000

Gustav,

Excellent question.

As I wrote in a prior piece… http://gigaom.com/2006/04/04/socialnets-the-power-of-the-url/, I oftentimes look at the web as a vast collection of URLs that are divided into 2 segments: (1) the URLs used to “broadcast” content, and (2) URLs controlled by people. I believe Murdoch is now trying to capture the major market share of #2… which is how I define social media. So, while buying a blogging search engine could very well be in the cards, it’s probably more strategic for him to acquire a major blogging platform first (and he can then add those URLs to all the MySpace profile URLs).

Hope this also serves to answer some of the other commentor’s questions.

By: Gustav

Gustav — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 16:12:14 +0000

If Mr. Murdoch is interested in blogging, might he not be interested in a big blog search engine player (e.g. Technorati) player as well? MySpace is already bigger than all those other businesses you mentioned combined, but it doesn't have the search, and without that it can't be the Google of Blogosphere. Thoughts?

By: Isabel

Isabel — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 13:35:41 +0000

When I read the RSS headline, I thought Murdoch himself was starting a blog. After the president of Iran, the Carindal of Boston, you never know.

I don't think buying a blogging platform parallels the Wapping Dispute though. When News Corp built the Wapping printing plant, it already had an army of content producers on staff. But with a SixApart/Automattic, bloggers are customers/community members who can't necessarily be counted on to support whatever agenda News Corp uses the technology to advance.

By: domelhor.net

domelhor.net — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 13:28:53 +0000

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tima notcia para os gammers: o console para videogames Nintendo, a exemplo do do DS, ter suporte para navegao pelo Opera. O navegador, segundo blogs especializados no Wii, ser grtis at junho de 2007.
http://reporternet.zip.net…

By: carl

carl — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 10:06:01 +0000

Anyone else noticed, all the talk nowadays is about Murdoch, not Gates …?

Having been a print compositor apprentice (after a few months of which I decided to return to college) I have somewhat mixed feelings about the infamous Murdoch and Wapping period of our social history; seems like Murdoch is about to be - once again - a big part of our new social history … ironically, this time he may well undermine his own printing presses?

By: james

james — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 08:41:39 +0000

prescient or not…i enjoyed this post…if i were murdoch would i go for six apart or automattic…hmmmmmmmm?
Six Apart is more like a traditional business i.e. completely in the market, while WordPress is half in the commons and half in the market.
…it’s a tough call…Six Apart is less risky… Right now i would say Six Apart, but i can’t imagine SA culture getting on with murdoch’s, although he probably can be a charming bastard.

By: Ted

Ted — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 07:46:07 +0000

I don't think you "get it". Blogs are a necessary component of a vibrant newsmedia, not the antidote or successor to tradititional reporting.

The next media czar will embrace the economics of paying much less for news, but reporting is still and always will be a craft which requires more then scanning other media for information.

By: Xavier Casanova

Xavier Casanova — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 05:33:41 +0000

Aren't they interested in communities, as opposed to tools/platforms? If so, while I think getting into blogging might make sense, I'd see them buying a few blog networks instead, maybe GigaOM?

You never know.

By: Vishal

Vishal — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 04:31:47 +0000

To me at a high level this is the consequence of two things and is summarized well,
1. World is flat and getting flatter.
2. The long tail… and continues.
These two effects will cause enormous ups and down for media and technology based industry.